helter-skelter

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adv

In confused, disorderly haste.

Adj

Carelessly hurried and confused.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Confusion or turmoil.
2. (British, countable, uncountable) An amusement ride consisting of a slide that spirals down around the exterior of a tapering central tower.

Konzepte

holterdiepolter

Hals über Kopf

schnell

wahllos

spiralförmige Rutsche

totales Durcheinander

wildes Durcheinander

eilends

schnell laufend

Synonyme

in disorder

chaotic

pell-mell

topsy-turvy

confused

😕

turmoil

wildly

every which way

confusedly

disrupt

head over heels

hugger-mugger

hurly-burly

in all directions

in confusion

irregular

precipitate

precipitous

tumble

unorganized

hell-for-leather

hustle and bustle

slam-bang

in panic

milling around

at random

lickety split

back and forth

busily

chaotically

confusion

desperately

disordered

disorderly

fuss

headlong

Übersetzungen

atropelladamente

desorganitzat

ανακατωσούρα

chaotique

désordonné

à la débandade

rommel

caòtic

caótico

pressa

confusão

atabalhoadamente

al azar

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˌhɛltɚˈskɛltɚ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: skelten

In summary

In form a reduplication (similar to hurry-scurry and harum-scarum, both with initial /h-/ and /sk-/); perhaps based on Middle English skelten ("to hasten; to raise an alarm"), or maybe related to Old High German skeltan (“scold”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“make noise, yell”), employed as a fossil word.