Kriegszitterer
German, noun/ˈkʁiːksˌt͡sɪtəʁɐ/
Kriegszitterer is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-Z-I-T-T-E-R-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written German, the 594,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriegszitterer is a German masculine noun meaning “First World War veteran with shell shock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Soldat mit posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung im Ersten Weltkrieg, der unkontrolliert zittert”.
What does Kriegszitterer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineFirst World War veteran with shell shock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat mit posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung im Ersten Weltkrieg, der unkontrolliert zittert
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 Kriegszitterer
- Kriegszitterers genitive
- Kriegszitterern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriegszitterer?
- /ˈkʁiːksˌt͡sɪtəʁɐ/
- [ˈkʁiːksˌt͡sɪtəʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kriegszitterer in German?
Kriegszitterer appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).