Tolpatch

Dub ( masculine: the dub ) is a loan word from Hungarian ( Hungarismus ) and colloquial term for a clumsy man.

The word was borrowed in the 17th century Hungarian talpas ( [ tɒl.pɒʃ ] " footed, breitfüßig " to talp " sole " ) and designated in the 17th and 18th centuries in the forms Tobatz, dub, Talpatsch, Dolpatsch, Dalpatsch ( with plural - s: the Tolpatschen ) first, as talpache also in French, a Hungarian foot soldier, a common explanation is that particular care because Hungarian infantrymen to have taken solid footwear worn wide reinforced with cords soles. In Austrian the word then became a mockery name for a Hungarian or Slavic origin soldiers who speaks an unintelligible language.

By popular etymological reinterpretation, the ( " clumsy, stupid person " ) or Talp ( " boobies " ) and smack ( " cumbersome or noisy occur ", but also "strike the word with a similar sounding great ( " crazy " ), gannets loud slap, popping the whip talk "," " ) associated the word in its meaning was extended to generalize the present-day term for a person who behaves awkward or clumsy. In connection with this, the original plural form Tolpatschen was replaced by the correct spelling today Dubs.

The occasionally occurring in the 18th century at about Gleim spelling variant with double "l" ( Dub ), which has not been permitted by the old spelling, was the reform of German orthography from 1996 as the only acceptable spelling.

In film and theater is often referred to comic roles as "dub ". A familiar example is the role of the French actor and comedian Pierre Richard.

On April 25, 2008 Dub in the competition " words with a migration background. The best word immigrant. " Of the Goethe Institute awarded the first place.