irrwitzig
German, adjective[ˈɪʁvɪt͡sɪç]
irrwitzig is spelled I-R-R-W-I-T-Z-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrwitzig is a German adjective meaning “mad, absurd, ridiculous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “völlig unvernünftig, in unvernünftig hohem Maße, das normale Maß übersteigend”.
What does irrwitzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mad, absurd, ridiculous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. völlig unvernünftig, in unvernünftig hohem Maße, das normale Maß übersteigend
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 irrwitzig
- irrwitziger masculine nominative singular
- am irrwitzigsten superlative
- irrwitzige feminine nominative singular
- irrwitziges neuter nominative singular
- irrwitzigen genitive masculine singular
- irrwitzigem dative masculine singular
- der irrwitzige definite includes-article masculine
- die irrwitzige definite feminine includes-article
- das irrwitzige definite includes-article neuter
- die irrwitzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des irrwitzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der irrwitzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem irrwitzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irrwitzig?
- [ˈɪʁvɪt͡sɪç]
- [ˈɪʁvɪt͡sɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to irrwitzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irrwitzig in German?
irrwitzig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).