Manie

See also: manie, manié, manię, mánie, mânie, and -manie

German

Etymology

16th century, from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈniː/
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Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Manie f (genitive Manie, plural Manien)

(medicine) mania
strange compulsion, tic, fixation, mania (but perhaps weaker than in English, touches on unrelated Manier (“mannerism”))
Er hat diese Manie, immer alle Fenster zu überprüfen, bevor er nach draußen geht.
He has that compulsion to check all windows whenever he goes outside.

Declension

Declension of Manie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Manie	die	Manien
genitive	einer	der	Manie	der	Manien
dative	einer	der	Manie	den	Manien
accusative	eine	die	Manie	die	Manien

Derived terms

manisch

Further reading

Manie on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Manie” in Duden online
“Manie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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