Yiddish
Yiddish is the "Patois" of languages of every eastern European country with any significant Jewish population during the past 600 years. Dormant for a while after the great Jewish migrations of the early 20th Century and the mass exterminations of the 1930s and 40s, it's experiencing a resurgence today.
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Aggie80Schmuck Not really. "Shmuck" is actually a very bad word children get punished for saying, and adults don't use in polite...
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The Yiddish word for 'sister' is exactly the same as in German: pronounced "SHVESS-tair".
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The word is Hebrew, not Yiddish. (Those are two separate, distinct, and different languages.) The word is well known to most...
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שוואַנגער Pronounced 'schvanger'
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Paula: "small" - Hebrew Equivalent: Ketana
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איך האָב דיך ליב- ikh hob dikh lib That is what you will most commonly hear, and is the best answer, but it is...
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A caring, decent person who can be trusted.
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Bihta. (As pronounced by online pronunciation tools.)
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Example:Why does Yiddish sound like German?
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A tchotchke is a small decorative item or keepsake.
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The same as it means in German (the two languages do overlap to an extant): Hurry up!
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A lobos is a "wise guy", someone who is intemperate, cavalier, unafraid, who acts without concern for the consequences of his...
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The phrase you're quoting is "Yiddishe kop", with the second word sounding more like "kawp". The word is actually straight from...
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"Bowtie" was suggested as an answer. The word 'varnishka' is the name used to refer to short pastas such as bowties and shells....
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The word is Galitzianer, and it refers to a Jew from the south-eastern region of the Eastern-European Yiddish speaking world. It...
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AnswerYiddish is a High German language, with many words borrowed from Hebrew and Slavic, that is usually written in Hebrew...
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The Hebrew translation for Elise is Alisa (עליזה).
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Yiddish is only one of thousands of languages that Jews speak. It is based on a dialect of low German that the Jews of Europe...
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Yiddish was first spoken historically of Ashkenazic Jews resulting from a fusion of elements derived principally from medieval...
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The closest I could find were "Haimish," homelike, friendly, folksy; or "mensch:" a decent or upright man.
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Yes. The German for season is die Jahreszeit.
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In Yiddish, a Christian is a krist. More generally, the Yiddish for gentile is "goy", plural "goyim". As the lion's share of...
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ניטל which is pronounced as nitl.
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beh is not a Hebrew word. it means "I'm equanimous, I've got a cold" - see 'meh'
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While most any instrument is capable of participating in a Klezmer or Klezmer fusion ensemble there are instruments that have...
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In Yiddish, you will normally use the Hebrew toast: l'chaim!
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A lot. Major Universities in the US that teach Yiddish include: Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley, Michigan, NYU, UPenn, JTS, Indiana,...
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A Yiddish word that means cheapskate is SHNORRER.
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The word for "boy" is יינגל (yingl), like German Junge with a diminutive suffix.
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stupid yidds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 thats not right!!!
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No. Pidgin is an artificial, nonliterary work-place jargon using a limited and modified vocabulary from one language according to...
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It's a Yiddish (Jewish slang) expression meaning a stupid person.
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Kayem, from Kayem Foods Inc., and the Kayem brand of meats is derived from the founder's initials K.M. (Kazimierz Monkiewicz). ...
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It's Yiddish. It means Happy Passover.
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You will hear the word l'chayim, which means to life-it is the traditional phrase used before a toast of any sort. However, this...
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A matchmaker is a =shadkhan=(M) or a =shadkhante= (F). He/she makes a =shidekh= (match). The "work" is called =shadkhones=...
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depends where you live. try college classes, or travel to one of the intensive summer programs like the YIVO program at NYU. if...
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Probably a diminutive of Matilda.
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Etta means "Ruler of the home" in english. Short form of Henrietta. ---- Etta, Yetta, Yettie, Yuchved, Evelyn, and Eva are all...
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Filick: "Unable to find information"Philip or Phillip: "Lover of horses" - Hebrew Equivalent: Peresh
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Mostly in largely chassidic Jewish areas outside of Israel, like Kiryas Joel.
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The word 'schmuck' is Yiddish which is the language spoken by Easter European Jews.
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Mentsch tracht, Gott lacht.
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If it is a misspelling and the actual word was/is: shloyme then it is yiddish for "Solomon" or Shlomo Hebrew. King Solomon the...
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Well i am a yiddish expert and the most common meaning means young beautiful woman who accepts money for a task that involves...
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mainly protestants fleeign persecution in england the cool sweet people
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A yarmulke (pl: yarmulkes or yarmulkas ) is simply the name for a kippah (Hebrew) in Yiddish, and the word is sometimes used by...
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The most common one is still "shalom aleichem", from Hebrew (and Arabic).
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Most common is "OY !", from the Hebrew "HOY !".
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The Yiddish word for 'sister' is exactly the same as in German: pronounced "SHVESS-tair".
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"Zissele" and "Ziskeit" mean "Sweetness," and "Zisseh neshomeh" means "Sweet soul," while "Neshomeleh" means something like "Dear...
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A contributor's personal opinion The majority of us Jews do eat pork. Its the orthodox and conservative that don't eat it. The...
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A grandma is a Bubbe. A grandpa is a Zaide.
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You can either say "Ah Freilichen Hanukkah" or "Ah Lichtige Hanukkah" (literally, "A bright Hanukkah").
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a zisn Pesach = (Have) a sweet Pesach a koshern Pesach = (Have) a kosher Pesach a freylakhn Pesach = (Have) a happy PesachA...
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"Grandfather" in Yiddish is "zeidy" or "zaydeh" or "zeida" (all these spellings are acceptable).
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Grandmother Correction: Bubulah is a term of endearment that means 'sweetie' or 'darling'. Baba means grandmother.
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Roughly "if only healthy". As a response to any gripping statement or complaint,it means roughly "Gee that's too bad, but look at...
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Yiddish is the "Patois" of languages of every eastern European country with anysignificant Jewish population during the past 600...
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Siddur is the Jewish Prayer Book Dinka doesn't sound like anything Jewish to me, maybe be Yiddish for "Thanks" Lein is Yiddish...
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Genesis says that Abraham was born in the city in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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