erschauern
German, verb/ɛʁˈʃaʊ̯ɐn/
erschauern is spelled E-R-S-C-H-A-U-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschauern is a German verb meaning “to shiver, to tremble, to thrill, to cower (with fear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine körperliche Reaktion, ein Beben (Schauern) zeigen, weil jemandem kalt ist oder etwas jemanden sehr…”.
What does erschauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shiver, to tremble, to thrill, to cower (with fear)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine körperliche Reaktion, ein Beben (Schauern) zeigen, weil jemandem kalt ist oder etwas jemanden sehr beeindruckt/verängstigt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of erschauern
- erschauert present singular third-person
- erschauerte past
- sein auxiliary
- erschauernd participle present
- erschaure first-person indicative present
- erschauere first-person indicative present
- erschauer first-person indicative present
- erschauerst indicative present second-person
- erschauerest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschaurest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschaueret plural second-person subjunctive
- erschauret plural second-person subjunctive
- erschauerten first-person indicative plural
- erschauertest indicative preterite second-person
- erschauertet indicative plural preterite
- erschauer! imperative singular
- erschauere! imperative singular
- erschauert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erschauern?
- /ɛʁˈʃaʊ̯ɐn/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erschauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erschauern in German?
erschauern appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).