närrisch
German, adjective
närrisch is spelled N-Ä-R-R-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Närrisch is a German adjective meaning “silly, crazy, strange (of ideas, dreams, people, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, narrisch is a different word: “silly, idiotic”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “dumm, verrückt und seltsam”.
What does närrisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
silly, crazy, strange (of ideas, dreams, people, etc.)
- 2
having to do with German carnival (Fasching)
adjective
- 1
Austriainformalsilly, idiotic
- 2
Austriainformalto be crazy about something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dumm, verrückt und seltsam 2. dumm und gleichzeitig Spaß erregend 3. auffällig groß oder intensiv 4. für Karneval, Fasching typisch; wie ein Narr (jemand, der kostümiert und ausgelassen Karneval feiert)
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 närrisch
- närrischer masculine nominative singular
- am närrischsten superlative
- narrisch alternative
- narrischer masculine nominative singular
- am narrischsten superlative
- närrisch alternative
- närrische positive nominative strong
- närrisches positive nominative strong
- närrischen positive genitive strong
- närrischem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to närrisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is närrisch in German?
närrisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).