Genierer
German, noun/ʒəˈniːʁɐ/
Genierer is spelled G-E-N-I-E-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genierer is a German masculine noun meaning “shyness, shame, qualms, scruple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of genieren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “angemessenes, ehrenhaftes, anständiges Verhalten; auch das Gespür dafür”.
What does Genierer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of genieren
- 2
masculineshyness, shame, qualms, scruple
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. angemessenes, ehrenhaftes, anständiges Verhalten; auch das Gespür dafür
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 Genierer
- Genierers genitive
- Genierern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Genierer?
- Germany /ʒəˈniːʁɐ/
- Austria /ʃeˈniːʁɐ/
- [ʒeˈniːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Genierer in German?
Genierer appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).