Massenhysterie
German, noun[ˈmasn̩hʏsteˌʁiː]
Massenhysterie is spelled M-A-S-S-E-N-H-Y-S-T-E-R-I-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Massenhysterie is a German feminine noun meaning “mass hysteria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertrieben starke emotionale Reaktionen einer großen Zahl von Menschen auf etwas”.
What does Massenhysterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemass hysteria
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übertrieben starke emotionale Reaktionen einer großen Zahl von Menschen auf etwas
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 Massenhysterie
- Massenhysterien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Massenhysterie?
- [ˈmasn̩hʏsteˌʁiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Massenhysterie in German?
Massenhysterie appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).