Horror
German, noun/ˈhɔroːr/
Horror is spelled H-O-R-R-O-R (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Horror is a German masculine noun meaning “horror” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Erfahrung geborener Schrecken, Schauder”.
What does Horror mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorror
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Erfahrung geborener Schrecken, Schauder 2. Zustand, der durch etwas Erschreckendes oder Erschauderndes hervorgerufen wird
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 Horror
- Horrors genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Horror?
- /ˈhɔroːr/
- [ˈhɔʁoːɐ̯]
- [ˈhɔʁɔɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Horror
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Horror in German?
Horror appears 8.9 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).