mondsüchtig

Meaning

1. (dated) sleepwalking
2. (archaic) lunatic, mad, especially due to a condition (such as epilepsy) that occurs sporadically (and was therefore ascribed to the moon); moonstruck (but not in the sense of “madly in love”)

Concepts

moonstruck

crazed

Synonyms

schlafwandelnd

Schlafwandler

verrückt

somnambul

Translations

maanziek

lunático

forsennato

lunatico

alunado

sonámbulo

llunàtic

lunática

à l’esprit dérangé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmoːntˌzʏçtɪç/

Etymology

From Mondsucht (literally “moon illness”) + -ig. Also analysable as Mond + süchtig, literally “addicted to the moon”, but this is not the original interpretation.