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German
Etymology
From Schreck (“shock, fright”) + Gespenst (“ghost, spectre”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Schreck‧ge‧spenst
Noun
Schreckgespenst n (strong, genitive Schreckgespenstes or Schreckgespensts, plural Schreckgespenster)
- (chiefly figurative) specter
2022 September 24, Anna Klöpper, “Entlastungspaket für Berlin: Taktische Unschärfe”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die lähmen die Kauflust der Leute. 300 Euro Einmalzahlung helfen da gar nichts, und die Rezession gewinnt als Schreckgespenst am Horizont der Berliner Wirtschaft rasch an Kontur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- bogeyman
- (figurative) nightmare
Declension
Declension of Schreckgespenst
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