Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en skräck

terror, horror, dread, fright

Meaning

terror; horror; dread; fright

In Swedish: mycket stark rädsla

Forms

Forms of skräck
Singular, indefinite	en skräck
Singular, definite	skräcken

skräck is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor skräck, den stora skräcken. Check another noun

Practise skräck

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Is it en skräck or ett skräck?

Words built with skräck

skräckpropaganda scaremongering
dödsskräck mortal fear
skräckexempel shocking example

Questions

What does skräck mean in English?

skräck means “terror, horror”.

Is it en skräck or ett skräck?

It is en skräck, and “the terror” is skräcken.

Similar words

fruktanterror

Origin

From German Schreck.

Nearby common words

skräck is number 3,454 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,450vackraste most beautiful
3,451klämma pin, squeeze
3,452hunnit managed, had time
3,453åtgärd measure, procedure
3,456halsband necklace (jewelry)
3,457därefter afterward, then
3,458psykopat psychopath
3,459gull baby, darling, someone dear and cute (gullig), someone to cuddle (gulla med)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary