Massenwahn
German, noun/ˈmasn̩ˌvaːn/
Massenwahn is a German masculine noun meaning “mass delusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wahn, der eine große Zahl von Menschen betrifft”.
What does Massenwahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemass delusion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wahn, der eine große Zahl von Menschen betrifft
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 Massenwahn
- Massenwahnes genitive
- Massenwahns genitive
- Massenwahne plural
- Massenwahnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Massenwahn?
- /ˈmasn̩ˌvaːn/
- [ˈmasn̩ˌvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Massenwahn in German?
Massenwahn appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).