"Wahnsinn" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaːnzɪn/ Audio: De-Wahnsinn.ogg
Etymology: Back-formation from wahnsinnig, not cognate with Wahn. Etymology templates: {{bf|de|wahnsinnig}} Back-formation from wahnsinnig 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German back-formations: 40 60 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 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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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wahnsinnsgedanke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wahnsinnsidee"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wahnsinnig"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from wahnsinnig",
      "name": "bf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from wahnsinnig, not cognate with Wahn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinnes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinnes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Wahnsinn m (strong, genitive Wahnsinnes or Wahnsinns, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Wahn‧sinn"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wahnsinnig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Unsinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Blödsinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Feinsinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Geschmackssinn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, “Alles grau”, in Berliner Schule / Protopop, performed by Isolation Berlin:",
          "roman": "The madness keeps me warm / The devil comes and takes my arm / I finally have no more dreams",
          "text": "Der Wahnsinn hält mich warm / Der Teufel kommt und nimmt mich in den Arm / Ich hab' endlich keine Träume mehr",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "insanity, madness"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wahnsinn-de-noun-kTBP6P20",
      "links": [
        [
          "insanity",
          "insanity"
        ],
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "awesome!, man!, wicked!"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wahnsinn-de-noun-6F4LCyO5",
      "links": [
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) awesome!, man!, wicked!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvaːnzɪn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Wahnsinn.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/De-Wahnsinn.ogg/De-Wahnsinn.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/De-Wahnsinn.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verrücktheit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Irrsinn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Wahnsinn"
  ],
  "word": "Wahnsinn"
}
{
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    "German back-formations",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Wahnsinnsgedanke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wahnsinnsidee"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wahnsinnig"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from wahnsinnig",
      "name": "bf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from wahnsinnig, not cognate with Wahn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinnes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinnes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wahnsinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Wahnsinn m (strong, genitive Wahnsinnes or Wahnsinns, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Wahn‧sinn"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wahnsinnig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unsinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blödsinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Feinsinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Geschmackssinn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, “Alles grau”, in Berliner Schule / Protopop, performed by Isolation Berlin:",
          "roman": "The madness keeps me warm / The devil comes and takes my arm / I finally have no more dreams",
          "text": "Der Wahnsinn hält mich warm / Der Teufel kommt und nimmt mich in den Arm / Ich hab' endlich keine Träume mehr",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "insanity, madness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insanity",
          "insanity"
        ],
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "awesome!, man!, wicked!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) awesome!, man!, wicked!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvaːnzɪn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Wahnsinn.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/De-Wahnsinn.ogg/De-Wahnsinn.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/De-Wahnsinn.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verrücktheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Irrsinn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Wahnsinn"
  ],
  "word": "Wahnsinn"
}

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