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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

verrückt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fer-ük-t

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mad/mæd/
adjectivenounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1420 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er ist verrückt, wenn er das glaubt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Mentally ill; insane.

    "He was considered mad for believing in conspiracy theories."
  2. 2

    Extremely enthusiastic or excited.

    "She was mad about the new movie that just came out."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'gemædde', meaning 'out of one's mind' or 'foolish', which stems from Proto-Germanic '*gamadjaną'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a state of severe mental illness or impairment to include intense anger, extreme folly, and enthusiastic excitement.

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