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Where does “hoteldebotel” come from?

hoteldebotel (Dutch) comes from Yiddish עבר ובטל.

hoteldebotel (Dutch): mad, crazy; smitten, head over heels

Definitions

  1. mad, crazy; smitten, head over heels

Ancestry of “hoteldebotel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעבר ובטל—
Every word from Yiddish עבר ובטל →