Polyglot Dictionary

Schreck

/ʃʁɛk/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. fright, shock

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

schock

Schreck is more about a momentary fright; Schock is more about a deeper or lasting shock.

Similar in other languages

English

fear

Close — fright, shock relates to fear.

Practice

1 What does Schreck mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vor ___ ließ sie den Teller fallen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schreck?

See also

noun

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