Kontrollwahn
German, noun/kɔnˈtrɔl vaːn/
Kontrollwahn is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-W-A-H-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kontrollwahn is a German masculine noun meaning “control mania” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übermäßiges Verlangen nach Kontrolle”.
What does Kontrollwahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontrol mania
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übermäßiges Verlangen nach Kontrolle
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 Kontrollwahn
- Kontrollwahnes genitive
- Kontrollwahns genitive
- Kontrollwahne plural
- Kontrollwahnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kontrollwahn?
- /kɔnˈtrɔl vaːn/
- [kɔnˈtʁɔlˌvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kontrollwahn in German?
Kontrollwahn appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).