wahnsinnig

== German == === Etymology === Coined in the 15th century after the model of wahnwitzig which uses as its first part the word wahn, which came from Old High German wan "missing, empty", which came from Proto-Germanic *wanaz. Not cognate with Wahn. Cognate with English wane. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaːnˌzɪnɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈvaːnˌzɪnɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: wahn‧sin‧nig === Adjective === wahnsinnig (strong nominative masculine singular wahnsinniger, comparative wahnsinniger, superlative am wahnsinnigsten) mad, insane incredible, unbelievable ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== irrsinnig ==== Derived terms ==== größenwahnsinnig Wahnsinnigwerden wahnsinnigerweise ==== Related terms ==== blödsinnig unsinnig feinsinnig === Adverb === wahnsinnig incredibly, awfully === Further reading === “wahnsinnig” in Duden online “wahnsinnig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)