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German Word of the Week: Tohuwabohu

March 2, 2017 ~

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German "Tohuwabohu", meaning "confusion"/"chaos", based on Biblical Hebrew "Tohu va vohu" (תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ), approx: "shapeless & formless"

— Philip Oltermann (@philipoltermann) March 2, 2017

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