skurril
German, adjective/skʊˈʁiːl/
skurril is spelled S-K-U-R-R-I-L (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skurril is a German adjective meaning “bizarre, absurd, droll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auffallend und unkonventionell, seltsam”.
What does skurril mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bizarre, absurd, droll
Das ist eine skurrile Idee.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auffallend und unkonventionell, seltsam
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 skurril
- skurriler masculine nominative singular
- am skurrilsten superlative
- skurrile feminine nominative singular
- skurriles neuter nominative singular
- skurrilen genitive masculine singular
- skurrilem dative masculine singular
- der skurrile definite includes-article masculine
- die skurrile definite feminine includes-article
- das skurrile definite includes-article neuter
- die skurrilen definite includes-article nominative
- des skurrilen definite genitive includes-article
- der skurrilen definite feminine genitive
- dem skurrilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce skurril?
- /skʊˈʁiːl/
- [skʊˈʁiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to skurril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is skurril in German?
skurril appears 1.4 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).