Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

skrämmande

frightening, terrifying, alarming, intimidatingAlso the present participle of skrämma.

Meaning

frightening, terrifying, alarming, intimidating

In Swedish: som skrämmer, oroande

Forms

Forms of skrämmande
Basic form	skrämmande	with en-words
Neuter	skrämmande	with ett-words
Plural and definite	skrämmande	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	mer skrämmande	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	mest skrämmande	“-est”, “most …”

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What does skrämmande mean?

skrämmande in a sentence

en skrämmande ökning av trafikolyckorna
a frightening increase in the number of road accidents

Questions

What does skrämmande mean in English?

skrämmande means “frightening, terrifying, alarming, intimidating”.

Similar words

läskigotäck

Origin

* present participle of skrämma

Nearby common words

skrämmande is number 2,372 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,368förhöra questioning, interrogation
2,369ryska Russian, Russian woman
2,370klandra blame, criticize
2,371beväpnad armed
2,373symbol icon, symbol
2,374villkor condition
2,375byxor trousers
2,376hörru alternative form of hördu (“hey, say, listen”)

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