Wirrwarr
Meaning
confusion, commotion, chaos, jumble, muddle
Concepts
Synonyms
Wirrnis
Weihnachtskrippe
Streitigkeiten
großer Lärm
großer Tumult
großes Durcheinander
große Aufregung
Desorganisation
bunte Mischung
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
kafelantis
Basel-Landschaft
striggede
Basel-Landschaft
struubel
Basel-Landschaft
wiirlede
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪrvar/
Etymology
In summary
15th-century shortening of Middle High German wirrewarren n, a reduplicative ablauting derivation (cf. Mischmasch) from werren (“to entangle, confuse”), from Old High German werran, from Proto-West Germanic *werran.
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