Furcht
German, noun/fʊrçt/
Furcht is spelled F-U-R-C-H-T (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furcht is a German feminine noun meaning “fear; fright; anxiety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Emotion angesichts drohender Gefahr”.
What does Furcht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefear; fright; anxiety
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emotion angesichts drohender Gefahr
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 Furcht
- Fürchte plural rare
- Befürchtungen plural suppletive
- Fürchten dative definite plural
- Forcht alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Furcht?
- /fʊrçt/
- [fʊʁçt]
- [fuɐ̯çt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Furcht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Furcht in German?
Furcht appears 8.5 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).