Schrecksekunde
German, noun[ˈʃʁɛkzeˌkʊndə]
Schrecksekunde is spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-S-E-K-U-N-D-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrecksekunde is a German feminine noun meaning “moment of shock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Moment nach einem überraschendem Erlebnis, welcher bei manchen Lebewesen Starre, Ausrufe, Affekthandlungen…”.
What does Schrecksekunde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoment of shock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moment nach einem überraschendem Erlebnis, welcher bei manchen Lebewesen Starre, Ausrufe, Affekthandlungen, etc. hervorruft
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 Schrecksekunde
- Schrecksekunden plural
- Schreckenssekunde variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schrecksekunde?
- [ˈʃʁɛkzeˌkʊndə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schrecksekunde in German?
Schrecksekunde appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).