Torschlusspanik
German, noun/toːɐ̯ʃlʊsˈpaːnɪk/
Torschlusspanik is spelled T-O-R-S-C-H-L-U-S-S-P-A-N-I-K (15 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torschlusspanik is a German feminine noun meaning “eleventh hour panic (the fear that time to act is running out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Furcht, ein wichtiges Lebensziel (aus Altersgründen) nicht mehr zu erreichen, zum Beispiel: Kinder kriegen…”.
What does Torschlusspanik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeleventh hour panic (the fear that time to act is running out)
Torschlusspanik ist ein schlechter Ratgeber.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Furcht, ein wichtiges Lebensziel (aus Altersgründen) nicht mehr zu erreichen, zum Beispiel: Kinder kriegen, Ehepartner finden, bestimmte berufliche Stellung erreichen
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 Torschlusspanik
- Torschlußpanik alternative
- Torschlusspaniken nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Torschlusspanik?
- /toːɐ̯ʃlʊsˈpaːnɪk/
- [ˈtoːɐ̯ʃlʊsˌpaːnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Torschlusspanik in German?
Torschlusspanik appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).