"Wahnsinn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈvaːnzɪn/ Audio: De-Wahnsinn.ogg
Etymology: Back-formation from wahnsinnig, not cognate with Wahn. Etymology templates: {{bf|de|wahnsinnig}} Back-formation from wahnsinnig, {{l|de|Wahn}} Wahn Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Wahnsinn m (strong, genitive Wahnsinnes or Wahnsinns, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Wahnsinnes [genitive], Wahnsinns [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Wahnsinn [nominative, singular], Wahnsinnes [genitive, singular], Wahnsinns [genitive, singular], Wahnsinn [dative, singular], Wahnsinne [dative, singular], Wahnsinn [accusative, singular]
  1. insanity, madness Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Wahnsinn-de-noun-kTBP6P20
  2. (colloquial) awesome!, man!, wicked! Tags: colloquial, masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Wahnsinn-de-noun-6F4LCyO5 Categories (other): German back-formations, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German back-formations: 40 60 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Verrücktheit [feminine], Irrsinn Derived forms: Wahnsinnsgedanke, Wahnsinnsidee Related terms: wahnsinnig, Unsinn, Blödsinn, Feinsinn, Geschmackssinn

Inflected forms

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        "genitive"
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      "form": "masculine strong",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "Wahnsinn",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "word": "Unsinn"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Blödsinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Feinsinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Geschmackssinn"
    }
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        {
          "english": "The madness keeps me warm / The devil comes and takes my arm / I finally have no more dreams\n(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2016, “Alles grau”, in Berliner Schule / Protopop, performed by Isolation Berlin",
          "text": "Der Wahnsinn hält mich warm / Der Teufel kommt und nimmt mich in den Arm / Ich hab' endlich keine Träume mehr",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "_dis": "6 94",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        "awesome!, man!, wicked!"
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      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈvaːnzɪn/"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verrücktheit"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Irrsinn"
    }
  ],
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    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
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        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "dative",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "wahnsinnig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unsinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blödsinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Feinsinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Geschmackssinn"
    }
  ],
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        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The madness keeps me warm / The devil comes and takes my arm / I finally have no more dreams\n(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2016, “Alles grau”, in Berliner Schule / Protopop, performed by Isolation Berlin",
          "text": "Der Wahnsinn hält mich warm / Der Teufel kommt und nimmt mich in den Arm / Ich hab' endlich keine Träume mehr",
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        }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Verrücktheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Irrsinn"
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