halsbrecherisch
German, adjective[ˈhalsˌbʁɛçəʁɪʃ]
halsbrecherisch is spelled H-A-L-S-B-R-E-C-H-E-R-I-S-C-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halsbrecherisch is a German adjective meaning “incredibly dangerous; breakneck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Gefahr verbunden, Leib und Leben gefährdend”.
What does halsbrecherisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incredibly dangerous; breakneck
Skeleton ist ein halsbrecherischer Sport.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Gefahr verbunden, Leib und Leben gefährdend
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 halsbrecherisch
- halsbrecherischer masculine nominative singular
- am halsbrecherischsten superlative
- halsbrecherische feminine nominative singular
- halsbrecherisches neuter nominative singular
- halsbrecherischen genitive masculine singular
- halsbrecherischem dative masculine singular
- der halsbrecherische definite includes-article masculine
- die halsbrecherische definite feminine includes-article
- das halsbrecherische definite includes-article neuter
- die halsbrecherischen definite includes-article nominative
- des halsbrecherischen definite genitive includes-article
- der halsbrecherischen definite feminine genitive
- dem halsbrecherischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halsbrecherisch?
- [ˈhalsˌbʁɛçəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to halsbrecherisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is halsbrecherisch in German?
halsbrecherisch appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).