Words that come from Middle High German “schrecken”

26 words across 7 languages descend from Middle High German schrecken — including schrecklichkeit, skræk, rysskräck, skräck, höjdskräck, schreckhaft, Schreck, schrecklich.

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German (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Swedish (3)

Danish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

English (1)