Schrei
German, noun
Schrei is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrei is a German masculine noun meaning “shout, cry, scream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schrei is a different word: “singular imperative of schreien”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein plötzlich ausgestoßener, lauter Ruf als Reaktion auf äußere oder innere Reize”.
What does Schrei mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshout, cry, scream
ein durchdringender Schrei
- 2
masculinecry
der Schrei nach Gerechtigkeit
- 3
colloquialmasculinecraze
der letzte Schrei
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schreien
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein plötzlich ausgestoßener, lauter Ruf als Reaktion auf äußere oder innere Reize 2. Verlangen nach etwas oder jemandem
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 Schrei
- Schreies genitive
- Schreis genitive
- Schreie plural
- Schreien dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schrei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schrei in German?
Schrei appears 7.4 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).