Verrückte — meaning in English

English meaning

• madwoman noun A woman who is insane or severely mentally disturbed.
• maniac noun Someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
• psycho noun An informal, often derogatory term for someone perceived as mentally disturbed or dangerously unstable.

Senses

Verrückte is used for these senses in English:

• madwoman A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.
• maniac (figurative) A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
• psycho (chiefly, derogatory, slang, broadly) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.

maniac — full definition

1. noun Someone who is mentally unstable, especially a person suffering from a mania.
2. noun A person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, to an obsessive degree.
3. noun Short for sex maniac.

Related German words