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/ === Noun === Tohuwabohu n (strong, genitive Tohuwabohus or Tohuwabohu, plural Tohuwabohus) (informal) chaos, tohu-bohu Synonyms: Chaos, Durcheinander ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Esperanto: tohuvabohuo === Further reading === “Tohuwabohu” in Duden online “Tohuwabohu”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)