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The article for

Irrsinn

der Irrsinn

Irrsinn is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Irrsinn?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Irrsinn, so learn the two together: der Irrsinn.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Psychiatry, outdated: a sick state of mind, mentality

[1] Psychiatrie, veraltet: ein kranker Geisteszustand, Geistesgestörtheit

[2] Uniform, senseless action, complete unreasonable

[2] unkluge, sinnlose Handlung, völlige Unvernunft

Examples

[1] He died in Paris, for a long time in madness, at the end of February 1874

[1] Er starb in Paris, seit längerer Zeit in Irrsinn verfallen, Ende Februar 1874.

In the past few months, city administrations and booksellers moaned the madness of the EU regulations when buying or selling the school books for the new school year.

[1] Stadtverwaltungen und Buchhändler stöhnten in den vergangenen Monaten wie jedes Jahr über den Irrsinn der EU-Vorschriften beim Kauf bzw. Verkauf der Schulbücher für das neue Schuljahr.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Every madness is right to me as long as I am not forced to do so"

[1] „Mir ist jeder Irrsinn recht, solange ich nicht dazu gezwungen werde.“

[1] "What madness has a society affected in which parents their children poisoned"

[1] „Welcher Irrsinn hat eine Gesellschaft befallen, in welcher Eltern ihre Kinder vergiften.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Irrsinn —
Genitiv des Irrsinns des Irrsinnes —
Dativ dem Irrsinn —
Akkusativ den Irrsinn —

Pronunciation

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