waanzinnig
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German wahnsinnig. Equivalent to waan + -zinnig. Related waanzin is slightly more recent. For the informal positive meaning, adverbial use is more common than adjectival use.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʋaːnˈzɪ.nəx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: waan‧zin‧nig
Adjective
waanzinnig (comparative waanzinniger, superlative waanzinnigst)
- (literally) out of his/her mind, insane, mad [from ca. early 1780s]
- (informal, with positive connotations) crazy, fantastic outrageous; extreme
Inflection
| Inflection of waanzinnig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | waanzinnig | |||
| inflected | waanzinnige | |||
| comparative | waanzinniger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | waanzinnig | waanzinniger | het waanzinnigst het waanzinnigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | waanzinnige | waanzinnigere | waanzinnigste |
| n. sing. | waanzinnig | waanzinniger | waanzinnigste | |
| plural | waanzinnige | waanzinnigere | waanzinnigste | |
| definite | waanzinnige | waanzinnigere | waanzinnigste | |
| partitive | waanzinnigs | waanzinnigers | — | |
Derived terms
- waanzinnigheid
Adverb
waanzinnig
- in an insane way
- (informal, with positive connotations) incredibly, extremely (well or good)
- 1980, Herman Pieter de Boer, "Ik heb zo waanzinnig gedroomd", Kinderen voor Kinderen, Kinderen voor Kinderen 1.
- Ik heb zo wa-wa-wa-waanzinnig gedroomd
- I have had an in-in-in-incredibly good dream
- (literally, “I have dreamt in-in-in-incredibly well”)
- 1980, Herman Pieter de Boer, "Ik heb zo waanzinnig gedroomd", Kinderen voor Kinderen, Kinderen voor Kinderen 1.
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