schreckhaft

[ˈʃʁɛkhaft]

/[ˈʃʁɛkhaft]/ adj

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The verdict

“schreckhaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,654 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#97,654
frequency rank, German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich leicht erschrecken lassend

Key facts for schreckhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordschreckhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃʁɛkhaft]
Letters11
Frequency rank#97,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “schreckhaft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). schreckhaft lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schreckhaft is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʁɛkhaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,654 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich leicht erschrecken lassend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schreckhaft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schreckhaft, spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich leicht erschrecken lassend

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schreckhaft"?
"schreckhaft" is spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁɛkhaft].
What does "schreckhaft" mean?
As an adjective, "schreckhaft" means: sich leicht erschrecken lassend
How do you pronounce "schreckhaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schreckhaft" is [ˈʃʁɛkhaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schreckhaft" come from?
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Using “schreckhaft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-E-C-K-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃʁɛkhaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list