Verfolgungswahn
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlɡʊŋsˌvaːn]
Verfolgungswahn is spelled V-E-R-F-O-L-G-U-N-G-S-W-A-H-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verfolgungswahn is a German masculine noun meaning “paranoia, delusion of persecution, persecution complex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “krankhafter Wahn verfolgt oder beobachtet zu werden”.
What does Verfolgungswahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparanoia, delusion of persecution, persecution complex
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. krankhafter Wahn verfolgt oder beobachtet zu werden
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 Verfolgungswahn
- Verfolgungswahns genitive
- Verfolgungswahnes genitive singular
- Verfolgungswahne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verfolgungswahn?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlɡʊŋsˌvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verfolgungswahn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verfolgungswahn in German?
Verfolgungswahn 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).