Masculine

Wahnsinn

Meaning

  1. (masculine,no-plural,strong) insanity, madness
  2. (colloquial,masculine,no-plural,strong) awesome!, man!, wicked!

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

wahnsinn

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
Wahn‧sinn
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaːnzɪn/
Etymology

Back-formation from wahnsinnig, not cognate with Wahn.

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