Wirrnis
German, noun[ˈvɪʁnɪs]
Wirrnis is spelled W-I-R-R-N-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirrnis is a German feminine noun meaning “confusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Situation, die unübersichtlich ist und deshalb eine Orientierung erheblich erschwert”.
What does Wirrnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfusion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situation, die unübersichtlich ist und deshalb eine Orientierung erheblich erschwert 2. geistiger Zustand der Orientierungslosigkeit
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 Wirrnis
- Wirrnisse plural
- Wirrnissen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirrnis?
- [ˈvɪʁnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wirrnis in German?
Wirrnis appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).