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irre.

crazy, insane, mad, mental

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɪʁə/

  1. crazy, insane, mad, mental

    Sag mal, bist du völlig irre geworden?

  2. crazy, incredible, extreme

    slang
    Der Wagen kam mit einer irren Geschwindigkeit um die Kurve.
    Das ist ein irres Gefühl.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German irre, erre, from Old High German irri, from Proto-West Germanic *irʀī, from Proto-Germanic *irzijaz (“bewildered, confused, crazy, lost”). Related to irren (“to wander, get lost”).

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