Schrecklichkeit
German, noun/ˈʃʁɛklɪçkaɪ̯t/
Schrecklichkeit is spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrecklichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “awfulness, horror, horribleness, terribleness, frightfulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schrecklichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineawfulness, horror, horribleness, terribleness, frightfulness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Schrecklichkeit
- Schrecklichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schrecklichkeit?
- /ˈʃʁɛklɪçkaɪ̯t/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schrecklichkeit in German?
Schrecklichkeit appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).