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geisteskrank

German, adjective/ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋk/

geisteskrank is spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-K-R-A-N-K (12 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geisteskrank is a German adjective meaning “insane, mentally ill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistig behindert”.

What does geisteskrank mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    insane, mentally ill

  2. 2

    slangill, sick, so odd it is awesome

    Kuckt mal, wie viel Platz in diesem Wagen ist! Geisteskrank!

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. geistig behindert 2. sehr wütend, vorübergehend emotional fehlgeleitet, psychotisch

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 geisteskrank

  • geisteskranker masculine nominative singular
  • geisteskränker comparative
  • am geisteskränksten superlative
  • am geisteskränkesten superlative
  • am geisteskranksten superlative
  • am geisteskrankesten superlative
  • geisteskranke feminine nominative singular
  • geisteskrankes neuter nominative singular
  • geisteskranken genitive masculine singular
  • geisteskrankem dative masculine singular
  • der geisteskranke definite includes-article masculine
  • die geisteskranke definite feminine includes-article
  • das geisteskranke definite includes-article neuter
  • die geisteskranken definite includes-article nominative
  • des geisteskranken definite genitive includes-article
  • der geisteskranken definite feminine genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce geisteskrank?

  • /ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋk/
  • [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋk]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to geisteskrank

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is geisteskrank in German?

geisteskrank appears 1.4 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).

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