furchtsam
German, adjective/ˈfʊrçtza(ː)m/
furchtsam is spelled F-U-R-C-H-T-S-A-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furchtsam is a German adjective meaning “fearful; timid; frightened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Furcht erfüllt”.
What does furchtsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fearful; timid; frightened
- 2
obsoletefearsome; frightening
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von Furcht erfüllt
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 furchtsam
- furchtsamer masculine nominative singular
- am furchtsamsten superlative
- furchtsame feminine nominative singular
- furchtsames neuter nominative singular
- furchtsamen genitive masculine singular
- furchtsamem dative masculine singular
- der furchtsame definite includes-article masculine
- die furchtsame definite feminine includes-article
- das furchtsame definite includes-article neuter
- die furchtsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des furchtsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der furchtsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem furchtsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce furchtsam?
- /ˈfʊrçtza(ː)m/
- [ˈfʊʁçtzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to furchtsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is furchtsam in German?
furchtsam 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).