erschreckend
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t]
erschreckend is spelled E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschreckend is a German verb meaning “present participle of erschrecken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does erschreckend mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of erschrecken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Angst und Unruhigkeit versetzend
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 erschreckend
- ist erschreckend masculine predicative singular
- es ist erschreckend neuter predicative singular
- sind erschreckend plural predicative third-person
- erschreckender masculine nominative singular
- erschreckende feminine nominative singular
- erschreckendes neuter nominative singular
- erschreckenden genitive masculine singular
- erschreckendem dative masculine singular
- der erschreckende definite includes-article masculine
- die erschreckende definite feminine includes-article
- das erschreckende definite includes-article neuter
- die erschreckenden definite includes-article nominative
- des erschreckenden definite genitive includes-article
- der erschreckenden definite feminine genitive
- dem erschreckenden dative definite includes-article
- am erschreckendsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erschreckend?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erschreckend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erschreckend in German?
erschreckend appears 6.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).