wirr
German, adjective/vɪr/
wirr is spelled W-I-R-R (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirr is a German adjective meaning “confused, disorderly, chaotic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Verwirrtheit oder Verworrenheit geprägt; ohne (erkennbare) Ordnung; so, dass etwas durcheinander…”.
What does wirr mean in English?
adjective
- 1
confused, disorderly, chaotic
- 2
muddled, confused, incoherent (of thoughts, speech, mental state, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von Verwirrtheit oder Verworrenheit geprägt; ohne (erkennbare) Ordnung; so, dass etwas durcheinander beziehungsweise nicht durchschaubar ist
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 wirr
- wirrer masculine nominative singular
- am wirrsten superlative
- am wirresten superlative
- wirre feminine nominative singular
- wirres neuter nominative singular
- wirren genitive masculine singular
- wirrem dative masculine singular
- der wirre definite includes-article masculine
- die wirre definite feminine includes-article
- das wirre definite includes-article neuter
- die wirren definite includes-article nominative
- des wirren definite genitive includes-article
- der wirren definite feminine genitive
- dem wirren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wirr?
- /vɪr/
- [vɪʁ]
- [vɪɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wirr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wirr in German?
wirr appears 1.7 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).