Tohuwabohu

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew תוהו ובוהו (tōhū wā-ḇōhū) in Genesis 1:2, from תֹהוּ (tōhū, “formlessness, nothingness”) + בֹּהוּ (bōhū, “voidness, desolation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌtoːhuvaˈboːhu/
  • (rapid speech) IPA(key): /ˌtoʊ̯vaˈboʊ̯/
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Noun

Tohuwabohu n (strong, genitive Tohuwabohus or Tohuwabohu, plural Tohuwabohus)

  1. (informal) chaos, tohu-bohu
    Synonyms: Chaos, Durcheinander
    • 1984, Jörg Fauser, chapter 4, in Rohstoff, Berlin: Alexander Verlag, →ISBN, page 21:
      Im Sommer fielen die Franzosen und die Österreicher in Istanbul ein. Horden von Hippies aus Wien und Paris, Tirol und der Bretagne, die die intime Atmosphäre, die bisher geherrscht hatte, in ein angeblich libertäres Tohuwabohu verwandelten.
      In the summer, the French and the Austrians invaded Istanbul. Hordes of hippies from Vienna and Paris, Tyrol and Brittany, transformed the intimate atmosphere that had prevailed up to now into an allegedly libertarian chaos.

Declension
Declension of Tohuwabohu [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Tohuwabohu die Tohuwabohus
genitive eines des Tohuwabohus, Tohuwabohu der Tohuwabohus
dative einem dem Tohuwabohu den Tohuwabohus
accusative ein das Tohuwabohu die Tohuwabohus

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