risikoscheu
German, adjective[ˈʁiːzikoˌʃɔɪ̯]
risikoscheu is spelled R-I-S-I-K-O-S-C-H-E-U (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Risikoscheu is a German adjective meaning “risk-averse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Risiken vermeidend; sich um die Verringerung von Risiken bemühend”.
What does risikoscheu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
risk-averse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung, Gefahren/Risikos zu meiden
adjective: 1. Risiken vermeidend; sich um die Verringerung von Risiken bemühend
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 risikoscheu
- risikoscheuer masculine nominative singular
- am risikoscheuesten superlative
- am risikoscheusten superlative
- risikoscheue feminine nominative singular
- risikoscheues neuter nominative singular
- risikoscheuen genitive masculine singular
- risikoscheuem dative masculine singular
- der risikoscheue definite includes-article masculine
- die risikoscheue definite feminine includes-article
- das risikoscheue definite includes-article neuter
- die risikoscheuen definite includes-article nominative
- des risikoscheuen definite genitive includes-article
- der risikoscheuen definite feminine genitive
- dem risikoscheuen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce risikoscheu?
- [ˈʁiːzikoˌʃɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is risikoscheu in German?
risikoscheu appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).