Amok
German, noun/ˈaːmɔk/
Amok is spelled A-M-O-K (4 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amok is a German masculine noun meaning “amok” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine psychische Extremsituation, die durch Unzurechnungsfähigkeit und absolute Gewaltbereitschaft…”.
What does Amok mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamok
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine psychische Extremsituation, die durch Unzurechnungsfähigkeit und absolute Gewaltbereitschaft gekennzeichnet 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 Amok
- Amoks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amok?
- /ˈaːmɔk/
- /ˈamɔk/
- rare /aˈmɔk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Amok
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Amok in German?
Amok appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).