Wahn
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German wān, from Proto-West Germanic *wāni.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vaːn/, [vaːn], [ʋaːn]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːn
- Homophones: waren (some speakers), wahren, Waren (chiefly in casual speech)
Noun edit
Wahn m (strong, genitive Wahnes or Wahns, plural Wahne)
- illusion, delusion, (vain) hope (leerer/eitler Wahn), false idea, false perception, incorrect image
- (psychiatry) mania, craze, false interpretation of reality
Declension edit
Declension of Wahn [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- Wahneinfall, Wahnidee, Wahnsinn, Wahnvorstellung
- Geisteswahn, Genderwahn, Größenwahn, Hexenwahn, Jugendwahn, Kontrollwahn, Liebeswahn, Männlichkeitswahn, Ordnungswahn, Rassenwahn, religiöser Wahn, Sinneswahn, Verfolgungswahn, Weiblichkeitswahn, Wirklichkeitswahn