Jolt

"Jolt" in German

Aufrüttler

(a surprise or shock)

Denkzettel

(a long prison sentence)

Ruck

(an act of jolting)

Rucken

(an act of jolting)

Schock

(a surprise or shock)

Schuss

(a narcotic injection)

Stoß

(an act of jolting)

Stoßen

(an act of jolting)

Waxhrüttler

(a surprise or shock)

aufrütteln

(to shock into taking action)

durchrütteln

(to push or shake)

einen Schlag versetzen

(to deal a blow to)

erschüttern

(to shock emotionally)

holpern

(to shake, move with a series of jerks)

ruckeln

(to shake, move with a series of jerks)

rütteln

(to shake, move with a series of jerks)

schwer treffen

(to shock emotionally)

schütteln

(to push or shake)

wachrütteln

(to shock into taking action)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.