Words that come from Middle High German “schrecke”

50 words across 9 languages descend from Middle High German schrecke — including Shrek, schrecklichkeit, skræk, rysskräck, skräck, höjdskräck, schreckhaft, Schreck.

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Swedish (16)

German (12)

Yiddish (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

English (3)

Danish (3)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Persian (1)