mondsüchtig
German, adjective/ˈmoːntˌzʏç.tɪç/
mondsüchtig is spelled M-O-N-D-S-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mondsüchtig is a German adjective meaning “sleepwalking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “am Schlafwandeln leidend”.
What does mondsüchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
datedsleepwalking
- 2
archaiclunatic, mad, especially due to a condition (such as epilepsy) that occurs sporadically (and was therefore ascribed to the moon); moonstruck (but not in the sense of “madly in love”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. am Schlafwandeln leidend
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 mondsüchtig
- mondsüchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am mondsüchtigsten superlative
- mondsüchtige feminine nominative singular
- mondsüchtiges neuter nominative singular
- mondsüchtigen genitive masculine singular
- mondsüchtigem dative masculine singular
- der mondsüchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die mondsüchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das mondsüchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die mondsüchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des mondsüchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der mondsüchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem mondsüchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mondsüchtig?
- /ˈmoːntˌzʏç.tɪç/
- /-tɪk/
- [ˈmoːntˌzʏçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mondsüchtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mondsüchtig in German?
mondsüchtig appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).