Wahnwitz

German

Etymology

Back-formation from wahnwitzig.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Wahnwitz m (strong, genitive Wahnwitzes, no plural)

1. (dated) folly, absurdity, madness, sheer foolishness

Declension

Declension of Wahnwitz [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wahnwitz
genitive	eines	des	Wahnwitzes
dative	einem	dem	Wahnwitz, Wahnwitze1
accusative	einen	den	Wahnwitz

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Wahnwitz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)