Tollpatsch.
a Hungarian or Hungarian-origin soldier that does not converse well
Meaning & usage
a Hungarian or Hungarian-origin soldier that does not converse well
klutz, blunderer, butterfingers (clumsy person)
Where this word comes from
First attested 1698 in Bavaria as Tolbatz, from Hungarian talpas (“wide-footed; infantryman”), so called because of their footwear consisting of soles attached by strings. Influenced by toll (“crazy”), patschen (“to whoosh, to hit with a splashing sound”), and dalpen, talpen (“to walk clumsily; to grab clumsily”), also Dalpe, Talpe, Dalpsche, Talpsche, Patsche, designations for a broad hand.
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