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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. 1

    fearful; timid; frightened

  2. 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).

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