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Compound of kind + -er- + schrik.
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪn.dərˌsxrɪk/
- Hyphenation: kin‧der‧schrik
kinderschrik m (plural kinderschrikken)
- any kind of bogeyman used to intimidate children (typological category used by scholars of folklore) [from 19th c.]
