schrecklich
German, adjective/ˈʃʁɛklɪç/
schrecklich is spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,608th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrecklich is a German adjective meaning “awful, terrible, horrible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(Angst und) Schrecken, Entsetzen auslösend”.
What does schrecklich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
awful, terrible, horrible
schrecklicher Lärm
adverb
- 1
awfully, terribly
schrecklich laut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (Angst und) Schrecken, Entsetzen auslösend
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 schrecklich
- schrecklicher masculine nominative singular
- am schrecklichsten superlative
- schreckliche feminine nominative singular
- schreckliches neuter nominative singular
- schrecklichen genitive masculine singular
- schrecklichem dative masculine singular
- der schreckliche definite includes-article masculine
- die schreckliche definite feminine includes-article
- das schreckliche definite includes-article neuter
- die schrecklichen definite includes-article nominative
- des schrecklichen definite genitive includes-article
- der schrecklichen definite feminine genitive
- dem schrecklichen dative definite includes-article
- schröcklich variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schrecklich?
- /ˈʃʁɛklɪç/
- [ˈʃʁɛklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schrecklich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrecklich in German?
schrecklich appears 17 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).