Usage Note
Schrecken is the sharp, sudden fright or horror at something alarming. Jmdm einen Schrecken einjagen (to give someone a fright) is colloquial; mit dem Schrecken davonkommen (to get away with just a fright — i.e. escape unharmed) is an idiom.
Examples
"Der Schrecken über das Erdbeben stand den Bewohnern noch Stunden danach ins Gesicht geschrieben."
Natural Translation
The horror of the earthquake was written on the residents' faces hours later.
Literal Translation
The horror over the earthquake stood the residents still hours after-it in-the face written.
Related Words
- Abgestumpftheit emotional numbness, blunted sensitivity
- Abneigung aversion, dislike, antipathy
- Anmut grace, gracefulness, charm
- Aufgewühltheit emotional turmoil, being churned up
- Bangigkeit anxiety, apprehension, fearful unease
- Bedrängnis distress, straits, predicament
- Bedrömmeltheit stunned, dazed emotional numbness
- Bedrücktheit oppressive heaviness of spirit, dejected low mood
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