Aberwitz
German, noun/ˈaːbɐˌvɪt͡s/
Aberwitz is spelled A-B-E-R-W-I-T-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aberwitz is a German masculine noun meaning “ludicrousness, false wit, craziness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas völlig (absurd) Unsinniges; Handeln oder Verhalten, das abwegig, unvernünftig, bisweilen zudem…”.
What does Aberwitz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineludicrousness, false wit, craziness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas völlig (absurd) Unsinniges; Handeln oder Verhalten, das abwegig, unvernünftig, bisweilen zudem gefährlich ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aberwitz
- Aberwitzes genitive
- Aberwitze dative singular
- Afterwitz variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aberwitz?
- /ˈaːbɐˌvɪt͡s/
- [ˈaːbɐˌvɪt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aberwitz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aberwitz in German?
Aberwitz appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).