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Pronunciation / Transliteration: verrückt
"Sie hat eine ganz verrückte Art zu lachen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Peculiar, eccentric, or playfully unconventional in behavior or appearance.
"She is known for her whacky fashion sense and vibrant personality." - 2
Foolish, irrational, or slightly crazy.
"He came up with a whacky scheme to build a flying bicycle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'whack' (meaning a blow or strike) originating in the late 19th century, with the adjective form 'whacky' emerging in the 1920s. Originally implying someone who was eccentric or slightly unhinged as if struck in the head, it evolved to commonly describe anything amusingly eccentric or unconventional.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whacky" is said worldwide
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farfelu
Transliteration: farfelu
"Il a des idées farfelues mais amusantes."
verrückt
Transliteration: verrückt
"Sie hat eine ganz verrückte Art zu lachen."
strambo
Transliteration: strambo
"Ha un modo di fare molto strambo."
chiflado
Transliteration: chiflado
"Tiene ideas un poco chifladas pero divertidas."
excêntrico
Transliteration: excêntrico
"Ele tem um estilo excêntrico de se vestir."
सनकी
Transliteration: sanki
"उसके पास हमेशा कुछ सनकी विचार होते हैं।"
古怪的
Transliteration: gǔguài de
"他总有一些古怪的点子。"
기상천외한
Transliteration: gisangcheonoehan
"그녀는 기상천외한 아이디어를 자주 낸다."
奇妙な
Transliteration: kimyō na
"彼はいつも奇妙な服装をしている。"
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