wahnsinnig
German, adjective/ˈvaːnˌzɪnɪç/
wahnsinnig is spelled W-A-H-N-S-I-N-N-I-G (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wahnsinnig is a German adjective meaning “mad, insane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vom Wahnsinn geprägt, an Wahnsinn erinnernd”.
What does wahnsinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mad, insane
Sind Sie wahnsinnig?
- 2
incredible, unbelievable
adverb
- 1
incredibly, awfully
Die Verbrennung war wahnsinnig schmerzhaft.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vom Wahnsinn geprägt, an Wahnsinn erinnernd 2. ohne jede Vernunft 3. in hohem Maße
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 wahnsinnig
- wahnsinniger masculine nominative singular
- am wahnsinnigsten superlative
- wahnsinnige feminine nominative singular
- wahnsinniges neuter nominative singular
- wahnsinnigen genitive masculine singular
- wahnsinnigem dative masculine singular
- der wahnsinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die wahnsinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das wahnsinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die wahnsinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des wahnsinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der wahnsinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem wahnsinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wahnsinnig?
- /ˈvaːnˌzɪnɪç/
- /ˈvaːnˌzɪnɪk/
- [ˈvaːnˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wahnsinnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wahnsinnig in German?
wahnsinnig appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).