Was heißt »Irr­sinn« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv »Irr­sinn« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • madness
  • insanity
  • lunacy

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Irrsinn ist bei Einzelnen etwas Seltenes, – aber bei Gruppen, Parteien, Völkern, Zeiten die Regel.

Madness is something rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, peoples, ages it is the rule.

Der Irrsinn hat eine Grenze überschritten.

The craziness has crossed a line.

Synonyme

Aber­witz:
absurdity
aber­wit­zig:
ludicrous
ab­surd:
absurd
be­scheu­ert:
dumb
stupid
blöd:
silly
stupid
Blöd­sinn:
nonsense
rubbish
däm­lich:
sodding
stupid
ir­re:
crazy
insane
mad
Quatsch:
bullshit
nonsense
schwach­sin­nig:
foolish
soft in the head
weak-minded
sinn­frei:
meaningless
senseless
tö­richt:
foolish
Tor­heit:
folly
Un­sinn:
nonsense
un­sin­nig:
absurd
nonsensical
unreasonable
ver­rückt:
crazy
mad
Wahn­witz:
absurdity
folly

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

  • Schopenhauer regarded madness as the possibility of enduring pain, as a form of escape from a tragic event.

  • Sometimes it's a good thing to have a touch of madness.

  • Masturbation leads to insanity.

  • Love is a kind of madness.

  • Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.

  • Imagination does not breed insanity... Poets do not go mad, but chess players do.

  • I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

  • There's a fine line between genius and insanity.

  • Never flee from injustice, intolerance, or insanity. Reason must prevail.

  • Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

  • If this is madness, there is method in it.

  • That's utter madness.

  • This is sheer madness.

  • I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree.

  • The thin line between sanity and madness has gotten finer.

  • The thought that robots might take over the world is lunacy.

  • I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy it!

  • It would be madness to climb that mountain in winter.

  • Anger is a form of madness.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Geis­tes­krank­heit:
mental illness
Geis­tes­zu­stand:
state of mind

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Irrsinn. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Irrsinn. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1294306, 6077673, 6203067, 5967656, 6741245, 4353531, 3567387, 3382820, 10348577, 1911185, 1898169, 1840618, 1328324, 1259828, 11311296, 11311298, 907658, 741471, 664063, 403598, 279598 & 279577. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR