Schreckgespenst

== German == === Etymology === From Schreck (“shock, fright”) +‎ Gespenst (“ghost, spectre”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃʁɛkɡəˌʃpɛnst] Hyphenation: Schreck‧ge‧spenst === Noun === Schreckgespenst n (strong, genitive Schreckgespenstes or Schreckgespensts, plural Schreckgespenster) (chiefly figurative) specter bogeyman (figurative) nightmare ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Schreckgespenst”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Schreckgespenst” in Duden online “Schreckgespenst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.