schrill
German, adjective[ʃʁɪl]
schrill is spelled S-C-H-R-I-L-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrill is a German adjective meaning “shrill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr”.
What does schrill mean in English?
adjective
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shrill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr 2. in Aussehen oder Verhalten auffallend, exzentrisch, ungewöhnlich
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 schrill
- schriller masculine nominative singular
- am schrillsten superlative
- schrille feminine nominative singular
- schrilles neuter nominative singular
- schrillen genitive masculine singular
- schrillem dative masculine singular
- der schrille definite includes-article masculine
- die schrille definite feminine includes-article
- das schrille definite includes-article neuter
- die schrillen definite includes-article nominative
- des schrillen definite genitive includes-article
- der schrillen definite feminine genitive
- dem schrillen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schrill?
- [ʃʁɪl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schrill
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrill in German?
schrill appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).