hirnverbrannt
German, adjective/ˈhɪʁn.fɛɐ̯.bʁant/
hirnverbrannt is spelled H-I-R-N-V-E-R-B-R-A-N-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirnverbrannt is a German adjective meaning “crazy, harebrained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hirnverbrannt mean in English?
adjective
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colloquialcrazy, harebrained
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hirnverbrannt
- hirnverbrannter masculine nominative singular
- am hirnverbranntesten superlative
- hirnverbrannte feminine nominative singular
- hirnverbranntes neuter nominative singular
- hirnverbrannten genitive masculine singular
- hirnverbranntem dative masculine singular
- der hirnverbrannte definite includes-article masculine
- die hirnverbrannte definite feminine includes-article
- das hirnverbrannte definite includes-article neuter
- die hirnverbrannten definite includes-article nominative
- des hirnverbrannten definite genitive includes-article
- der hirnverbrannten definite feminine genitive
- dem hirnverbrannten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hirnverbrannt?
- /ˈhɪʁn.fɛɐ̯.bʁant/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hirnverbrannt in German?
hirnverbrannt appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).