plötzlich

Related words

• urplötzlich

  Suddenly

• preschen

  to dash, to rush

• niederfallen

  To fall down

• hervorbrechen

  To burst forth

• hinwegraffen

  To snatch away, to carry off (by death)

• niederstürzen

  to crash

• ereilen

  To befall means to strike or reach someone suddenly and unexpectedly.

• erschauen

  Erschauen means to see or discover something for the first time or suddenly; often associated with a sense of wonder or surprise.

• erschaudern

  Shiver

• einschießen

  To shoot in, to insert quickly

• abrupt

  Sudden and unexpected.

• erschrocken

  Frightened, startled

• foudroyant

  Foudroyant means sudden and devastating, like a lightning strike.

• akut

  Acute

• sprunghaft

  Erratic

• blitzartig

  Lightning-fast, instantaneous

• jähe

  Sudden

• explosionsartig

  explosively

• ruckartig

  Jerky means that a movement or change occurs suddenly and unevenly.

• blitzschnell

  Blitzschnell means extremely fast or very sudden.

• jähzornig

  irascible

• fluchtartig

  In a rush

• Eruption

  Eruption

• schrecken

  To frighten

• Ruck

  Jerk

• Einsturz

  Collapse

• Absturz

  crash, collapse

• Attacke

  Attack

• Heißhunger

  Craving

• überschnappen

  to snap, to freak out, to lose it

• Notbremsung

  An emergency brake is a sudden and forceful application of the brakes in a dangerous situation to prevent an accident.

• Akut

  acute

• Panikattacke

  Panic attack

• Affekt

  Affect

• Flash-back

  Flashback

• Beben

  Earthquake

• Zusammenbruch

  Collapse

• Krampfanfall

  Seizure

• Böe

  Gust

• Koller

  Fit of rage, madness, or confusion.

• Ruch

  Jerk, Jolt

• Jähzorn

  Sudden anger, fit of rage

• Entrückung

  Rapture, the sudden and miraculous removal of a person or group of people, often in a religious context.

• Umkehr

  Reversal

• Klicklaut

  A click consonant is a sound produced by creating a suction with the tongue and then suddenly releasing it, typical of some African languages.

• Dammbruch

  Dam break, outburst

• Stromschlag

  Electric shock

• Verschlusslaut

  A plosive is a consonant sound formed by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract.

• Emeute

  riot

Example sentences with “plötzlich”

1. Plötzlich fing es an zu regnen. (Suddenly it started to rain.)

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