yiddish words

30 Useful Yiddish Words Anyone Can Use

• Bubbe. Pronounced "buh-bee," this Yiddish word is used to address your grandmother.
• Bupkis. The word bupkis means nothing. ...
• Chutzpah. Being told that you have chutzpah isn't always a compliment. ...
• Goy. Quite simply, a goy is just someone who isn't Jewish. ...
• Keppie. ...
• Klutz. ...
• Kvell. ...
• Kvetch.

1. What are three common Yiddish words?
2. What's a Schmegegge?
3. Is Fakakta a bad word?
4. What is a female mensch called?
5. How do you say cute in Yiddish?
6. What does Bubby mean in Yiddish?
7. Is schlep a Yiddish?
8. What is a Yenta in Yiddish?
9. What does Ganef mean in Yiddish?
10. Can you say oy vey?
11. How do you pronounce Mishegoss?

What are three common Yiddish words?

Yiddish Words Used in English

• bagel - bread roll in the shape of a ring.
• bubkes - nothing; least amount.
• chutzpah - imprudent; shameless.
• futz - idle; waste time.
• glitch - malfunction.
• huck - bother; nag.
• klutz - uncoordinated; clumsy person.
• lox - salmon that is smoked.

What's a Schmegegge?

noun. (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense. synonyms: shmegegge. see more. type of: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality.

Is Fakakta a bad word?

This Yiddish term is the perfect slang for anything that is negative. ... “Fakakta” is one of the most used cuss terms in the Yiddish language.

What is a female mensch called?

Furthermore, in English, one never hears a woman referred to as mensch, while in German a woman can be called mensch, as in ein Heber Mensch, meaning "a dear person." So somewhere on its way from German to (modern-day?) Yiddish, the meaning of mensch was narrowed down to the male.

How do you say cute in Yiddish?

Pempik ‒ something small, unimportant and possibly cute. Yiddish uses this word for brat. One gets a feeling the Yiddish word almost speaks what it means – one could almost gather it from the way it sounds. Etymology: the word goes back to Polish pępek - 'belly button'.

What does Bubby mean in Yiddish?

Bubbe, Zayde. Pronounced "Bubbeh" or "Bubbee" and "Zaydeh" or "Zaydee". The Yiddish words for grandmother and grandfather.

Is schlep a Yiddish?

In Yiddish, שלעפּ‎, shlep is usually used as a transitive verb for carrying (or dragging) something else, while the English term, "schlep", is also used as an intransitive verb, for dragging oneself. In Yiddish, גליטש‎, glitsh means "slip", while the English form, "glitch", means malfunction.

What is a Yenta in Yiddish?

Yenta or Yente (Yiddish: יענטע‎) is a Yiddish women's given name. ... The popularity of the character led to the name developing its colloquial sense of 'a gossip'. There is a mistaken belief that the word for a Jewish matchmaker is yenta or yente. In reality a Jewish matchmaker is called a shadchan (שדכן).

What does Ganef mean in Yiddish?

Yiddish ganef ('thief; crook'-from the Hebrew ganov) has been pa. American slang probably since the early nineteenth century.' In add. to the original meaning, the word has been used for 'fool' or 'suck.

Can you say oy vey?

Anyone can say “Oy Vey”. ... Jews don't have a patent on Oy Vay, especially not on the Oy.

How do you pronounce Mishegoss?

Mishegoss -- Himmelsbach's spelling better reflects the pronunciation of the Yiddish term (mish-eh-GOSS) than Dowd's -- is rooted in the Hebrew adjective meshuga, "mad, insane." But as Leo Rosten noted in his classic "The Joys of Yiddish," mishegoss is more often used in a light, amused, madcap vein: "a wacky, ...