Pallawatsch

Bavarian

Etymology

Corrupted borrowing of Italian balordaggine (“stupidity, foolishness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥alaβad̥ʃ/
• Hyphenation: Pal‧la‧watsch

Noun

Pallawatsch m

1. mess, chaos, commotion

Descendants

• → German: Pallawatsch

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Pallawatsch, from Italian balordaggine (“stupidity, foolishness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalavatʃ/ (official standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥alavatʃ/ (common)
• Hyphenation: Pal‧la‧watsch

Noun

Pallawatsch m (strong, genitive Pallawatsches or Pallawatschs, no plural)

1. (Austria, Bavaria, informal) mess, chaos, commotion

Declension

Declension of Pallawatsch [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pallawatsch
genitive	eines	des	Pallawatsches, Pallawatschs
dative	einem	dem	Pallawatsch, Pallawatsche1
accusative	einen	den	Pallawatsch

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Pallawatsch” in Duden online
• “Pallawatsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache