Wahn

== English == === Proper noun === Wahn A district of Porz borough, in south-east Cologne, Germany. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German and Old High German wān, from Proto-West Germanic *wāni. Not related to Wahnsinn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaːn/, [vaːn], [ʋaːn] Rhymes: -aːn Homophones: waren (some speakers), wahren, Waren (chiefly in casual speech) === Noun === Wahn m (strong, genitive Wahnes or Wahns, plural Wahne) delusion, illusion, (vain) hope (very strong but ultimately misguided or fantastical beliefs or motivations) (especially in compounds) obsession, craze (psychiatry) delusion, false interpretation of reality (perception not founded in reality) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== wahnhaft ==== Related terms ==== wähnen === Further reading === “Wahn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wahn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Wahn” in Duden online