Schock
German, noun/ʃɔk/
Schock is spelled S-C-H-O-C-K (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schock is a German masculine noun meaning “shock (mental or medical condition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzliche, massive, seelische oder nervliche Erschütterung”.
What does Schock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshock (mental or medical condition)
noun
- 1
archaicneuterthree score (a unitless measure indicating sixty of anything)
- 2
neuterobsoleteone score; two score (a unitless measure indicating twenty or forty of anything)
- 3
colloquialdatedneutera heap, a bunch (a large, indefinite number)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plötzliche, massive, seelische oder nervliche Erschütterung 2. akutes Versagen des Kreislaufsystems 3. abrupte, sich fortpflanzende Änderung von Zustandsgrößen 4. eine exogen erzeugte Veränderung von Größen
noun: 1. ein altes Zählmaß, das 60 Stück entsprach 2. eine große Zahl
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 Schock
- Schocks genitive
- Schockes genitive
- Schocke dated plural
- Schöckchen diminutive humorous neuter
- Schocken dated dative definite
- Chok alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schock?
- /ʃɔk/
- [ʃɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schock
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schock in German?
Schock appears 14 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).