Komasaufen
German, noun/ˈkoːmaˌzaʊ̯fən/
Komasaufen is spelled K-O-M-A-S-A-U-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Komasaufen is a German neuter noun meaning “an extreme form of binge drinking where loss of consciousness is common and condoned (though not usually intended), especially as a group…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “exzessives Trinken von Alkohol (auch bis zum Verlust des Bewusstseins)”.
What does Komasaufen mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalneuteran extreme form of binge drinking where loss of consciousness is common and condoned (though not usually intended), especially as a group activity among adolescents (about which there was a moral panic in the early 2000s)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. exzessives Trinken von Alkohol (auch bis zum Verlust des Bewusstseins)
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 Komasaufen
- Komasaufens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Komasaufen?
- /ˈkoːmaˌzaʊ̯fən/
- [ˈkoːmaˌzaʊ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Komasaufen in German?
Komasaufen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).