Irrwitz
German, noun[ˈɪʁvɪt͡s]
Irrwitz is spelled I-R-R-W-I-T-Z (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrwitz is a German masculine noun meaning “absurdity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine einzelne absurde, widersinnige oder sinnlose Handlung oder Begebenheit”.
What does Irrwitz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabsurdity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine einzelne absurde, widersinnige oder sinnlose Handlung oder Begebenheit
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 Irrwitz
- Irrwitzes genitive
- Irrwitze plural
- Irrwitzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Irrwitz?
- [ˈɪʁvɪt͡s]
- [ˈɪʁˌvɪt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Irrwitz in German?
Irrwitz appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).