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German
Etymology
Literally, “a Bohemian village”, or more loosely translated as “a village in Bohemia”, referring to the unintelligible and hard-to-pronounce Slavic languages.
Pronunciation
Noun
böhmisches Dorf n (strong, definite nominative das böhmische Dorf, genitive (des) böhmischen Dorfs or (des) böhmischen Dorfes, plural böhmische Dörfer, definite plural die böhmischen Dörfer)
- (often in the plural) something strange or unintelligible; double Dutch; all Greek
Das sind für mich böhmische Dörfer.- It's all Greek to me.
- (literally, “Those are Bohemian villages to me.”)
Die Mathematik ist mir immer ein böhmisches Dorf geblieben.- Mathematics has always remained double Dutch to me.
- (literally, “Mathematics has always remained a Bohemian village to me.”)