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
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