Bedrohliche
Bedrohliche is a German adjective meaning “threatening” or “dangerous” in the sense of indicating the potential to cause harm. It is formed from the verb bedrohen (to threaten) with the suffix -lich, a productive German suffix that creates adjectives describing qualities. The form bedrohliche is used in attributive position before a noun, and its ending changes according to gender, number, and case.
Examples illustrate its common usage. Eine bedrohliche Lage is feminine singular in the nominative after an
In contrast, when used predicatively after a linking verb, the base form bedrohlich is typically used rather
Common collocations include bedrohliche Wetterlage, bedrohliche Entwicklungen, and bedrohliche Geräusche, which are frequently found in news