Hirngespinst
German, noun[ˈhɪʁnɡəˌʃpɪnst]
Hirngespinst is spelled H-I-R-N-G-E-S-P-I-N-S-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirngespinst is a German neuter noun meaning “chimera, fantasy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erzeugnis einer fehlgeleiteten oder übersteigerten Einbildungskraft; Idee, die fantastisch, abwegig, absurd…”.
What does Hirngespinst mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterchimera, fantasy
- 2
neuterpipe dream
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erzeugnis einer fehlgeleiteten oder übersteigerten Einbildungskraft; Idee, die fantastisch, abwegig, absurd 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 Hirngespinst
- Hirngespinstes genitive
- Hirngespinsts genitive
- Hirngespinste plural
- Hirngespinsten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirngespinst?
- [ˈhɪʁnɡəˌʃpɪnst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hirngespinst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hirngespinst in German?
Hirngespinst appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).