Similar words
töricht
närrisch also implies "crazy, zany," like carnival foolery; töricht is more purely "unwise" — both mean "foolish."
Similar in other languages
Spanish
tonto
Close — foolish, crazy relates to silly, stupid (tonto).
English
idiotic
Close — foolish, crazy relates to idiotic.
English
stupid
Close — stupid relates to foolish, crazy (närrisch).
Practice
1 What does närrisch mean?
foolish, crazy
2 Fill the gap: Im Karneval geht es ___ zu.
Full sentence: Im Karneval geht es närrisch zu. (At carnival things get crazy.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches närrisch?
närrisch: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.