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Previously, Germans wishing to express that they were surprised at the insanity or absurdity of something would say: โ€œDas ist verrรผckt."

But young Germans have a better option, โ€œDas crazy,โ€ which bypasses the grammatically correct phrase construction by waving Auf Wiedersehen to the โ€œistโ€.

Now, โ€œDas crazyโ€ has been voted this yearโ€™s Youth Word of the Year, announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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