Schreck
Meaning
fright
Concepts
fright
fear
terror
horror
scariness
scare
consternation
shock
surprise
dread
anxiety
deer in the headlights
jitter
kerfuffle
panic
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃʁɛk/
Etymology
From Middle High German schrecke, from Old High German screcko, formed from the noun screckōn (“to jump around, surge, flash out, rebound”), from where is also derived schrecken (“to frighten”), which see for further. Compare Dutch schrik.
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