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There are differing approaches to the <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanization</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_orthography" title="Yiddish orthography">Yiddish orthography</a> (which uses the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_alphabet" title="Hebrew alphabet">Hebrew alphabet</a>); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> Yiddish is a <a href="/wiki/Germanic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic language">Germanic language</a>, originally spoken by <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> in <a href="/wiki/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe">Central</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>, written in the Hebrew alphabet, and containing a substantial substratum of <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> words as well as numerous loans from <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic languages</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> For that reason, some of the words listed originated in Hebrew or Slavic languages, but have entered English via Yiddish. Yiddish is closely related to modern German, and many Yiddish words have German <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognates</a>; in some cases it is difficult to tell whether a particular word was borrowed from Yiddish or from German. Yiddish is written in the Hebrew alphabet, and Yiddish words may be <a href="/wiki/Transliterated" class="mw-redirect" title="Transliterated">transliterated</a> into <a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> spelling in a variety of ways; the transliterated spelling of Yiddish words and the conventional spelling of German are usually different, but the pronunciations are frequently the same (e.g., שוואַרץ, shvarts in Yiddish is pronounced the same way as schwarz in German). Many of these words have slightly different meanings and usage in English from the Yiddish originals. For example, chutzpah usually has a negative connotation in Yiddish, meaning improper audacity, while in English it is more positive. In Yiddish, שלעפּ, shlep is usually a <a href="/wiki/Transitive_verb" title="Transitive verb">transitive verb</a> for carrying (or dragging) something else, while the English word, schlep, is also used as an <a href="/wiki/Intransitive_verb" title="Intransitive verb">intransitive verb</a>, for dragging oneself, and as a <a href="/wiki/Noun" title="Noun">noun</a> for an insignificant person or hanger-on. In Yiddish, גליטש, glitsh means 'slip', while in English, glitch means malfunction. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_words">List of words</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of words">edit</a>]</div> These English words of Yiddish origin, except as noted, are in the online editions of the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a> (OED), <a href="/wiki/The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language" title="The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language">The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language</a> (AHD), or the <a href="/wiki/Merriam-Webster" title="Merriam-Webster">Merriam-Webster</a> dictionary (MW). The parentheses-enclosed information at the end of each word's entry starts with the original Yiddish term in <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew script">Hebrew script</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Latin script</a> <a href="/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliteration</a>, and the literal English translation (if different from the English definition given earlier). This may be followed by additional relevant languages (mostly Hebrew and German). One or more dictionary references appear at the end. <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg/180px-Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg/270px-Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg/360px-Chocolate-Gold-Coins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3320" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah_gelt" title="Hanukkah gelt">Gelt</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lower_East_Side_-_Schimmel_Knish_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Lower_East_Side_-_Schimmel_Knish_2.jpg/180px-Lower_East_Side_-_Schimmel_Knish_2.jpg" 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href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: A">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>alter kacker or alte kacker (Yid. אַלטער קאַקער): literally "old crapper". Sometimes abbreviated as AK or A.K. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=alter+kacker">[1]</a>); equivalent to English "old fart".<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="B">B</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: B">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagel" title="Bagel">Bagel</a>: A ring-shaped bread roll made by boiling or steaming, and then baking, the dough (from <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a>: בײגל, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Yiddish" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Yiddish">romanized</a>: beygl, from Old High German boug with diminutive -el suffix; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/bagel">MW</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balabusta" title="Balabusta">Balabusta</a>, balabosta, balebosta (Yid. בעל־הביתטע): a Jewish mistress of the house; usually applied with positive connotations <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/balabosta">MW</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blintz" title="Blintz">Blintz</a>: A sweet cheese-filled crepe (בלינצע, blintse, from <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>: блінцы, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Belarusian" title="Romanization of Belarusian">romanized</a>: blincy, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'pancakes' (plural); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170714212648/https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=blintz">AHD</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_milah" title="Brit milah">Bris</a>: The circumcision of a male child. (ברית, bris, from <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: ברית, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: brith, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'covenant'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/bris">MW</a>)</li> <li>broigus (Yid. ברוגז broygez): (n) a bitter feud of anger; (adj.) angry, irritated; from Hebrew ברוגז (berogez, "angry") (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/dictionary/broigus_adj">OED</a>)</li> <li>Boychik: Boy, young man. (English boy + Eastern Yiddish: טשיק, -chik, diminutive suffix (from <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic</a>); <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050232/http://bartleby.com/61/49/B0434950.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>bubbeh, bubbe (Yid. באָבע): grandmother; elderly woman (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=bubbeh">OED</a>)</li> <li>bubbeleh (Yid. באָבעלע): a term of endearment; esp. for a young boy-child or elderly relative (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=bubbeleh">OED</a>)</li> <li>Bupkis (also Bupkes, Bupkus, Bubkis, Bubkes): Emphatically nothing, as in 'He isn't worth bupkis' (באָבקעס, bobkes; of uncertain origin (OED); perhaps originally meaning '[goat] droppings', from a word meaning 'beans', of Slavic origin)<a href="#cite_note-JDF-3">[3]</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/bubkes">MW</a>, OED)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="C">C</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: C">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cholent" title="Cholent">cholent</a>, cholnt, tcholent, etc. (Yid. טשאָלנט tsholnt): traditional slow-simmering <a href="/wiki/Sabbath_stew" title="Sabbath stew">Sabbath stew</a> prepared overnight (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=cholent">OED</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=cholent">AHD</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cholent">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chutzpah" title="Chutzpah">Chutzpah</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈxʊtspə/</a>: Nerve, gall, guts, balls, daring, self-confidence, audacity, effrontery (חצפּה, khutspe, from Hebrew; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070328215648/http://www.bartleby.com/61/8/C0350800.html">AHD</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="D">D</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: D">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Daven: To recite Jewish liturgical prayers (דאַוונען, davnen; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=daven&submit.x=0&submit.y=0">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Dreck, drek: Worthless, distasteful, or nonsensical material (דרעק, drek, from Middle High <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: drec, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'rubbish'; cognate with German: Dreck, 'dirt, filth'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=dreck&submit.x=30&submit.y=25">AHD</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreck">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dybbuk" title="Dybbuk">Dybbuk</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Malevolent_spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Malevolent spirit">malevolent spirit</a> of a dead person that enters and controls a living body until exorcised (דבּוק, dibbuk, 'a latching-onto'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050157/http://bartleby.com/61/22/D0442200.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreidel" title="Dreidel">Dreidel</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a>: דרײדל, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Yiddish" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Yiddish">romanized</a>: dreydl, a four-sided spinning top (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/dictionary/dreidel_n?tl=true">OED</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="F">F</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: F">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Fleishig: Made with meat (פֿליישיק, fleyshik, 'meaty', from fleysh, 'meat'; cf. German: fleischig, 'meaty'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/fleishig">MW</a>)</li> <li>frum (Yid. פֿרום): adjective; religious, observant of Judaism laws (cf. German "Fromm" = pious) (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=frum">OED</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="G">G</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: G">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Ganef or Gonif: A thief, scoundrel, rascal (גנבֿ, ganev/ganef, 'thief', from Hebrew: גנב, gannav; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050227/http://bartleby.com/61/46/G0034600.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Gelt <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ɡɛlt/</a>: Money in general; also the <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah_gelt" title="Hanukkah gelt">chocolate coins</a> given to children on <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (געלט, gelt, 'money'; cognate with German: Geld, 'money'; related to 'gold'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050202/http://bartleby.com/61/33/G0073300.html">AHD</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gelt">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glitch" title="Glitch">Glitch</a>: A minor malfunction (גליטש, glitsh, from גליטשן, glitshn, 'slide'; cf. German: glitschen, 'slither'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050147/http://bartleby.com/61/12/G0151200.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golem" title="Golem">Golem</a>: A man-made humanoid; an android, Frankenstein monster (גלם, goylem, from Hebrew: גלם, gōlem; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/golem">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goy" title="Goy">Goy</a>: A <a href="/wiki/Gentile" title="Gentile">gentile</a>, term for someone not of the Jewish faith or people (גוי; plural גויים or גוים, goyim; from Hebrew: גויים or גוים, goyim, 'nations', plural of גוי, goy, 'nation'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071217071625/http://www.bartleby.com/61/1/G0210100.html">AHD</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="H">H</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: H">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Haimish (also Heimish) <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈheɪmɪʃ/</a>: Home-like, friendly, folksy (היימיש, heymish; cf. German: heimisch; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070421103000/http://www.bartleby.com/61/35/H0013500.html">AHD</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="K">K</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: K">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kasha" title="Kasha">Kasha</a>: <a href="/wiki/Buckwheat" title="Buckwheat">buckwheat</a> porridge or grains (prefabricated for a porridge). Originally a Slavic term, it probably entered into English usage with Jewish emigrants, especially the form קאַשי <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8#Russian" class="extiw" title="wikt:каши">kashi</a> (Slavic plural for "kasha").<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Kibitz <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈkɪbɪts/</a>: To offer unwanted advice, e.g. to someone playing cards; to converse idly, hence a <a href="/wiki/Kibitzer" title="Kibitzer">kibitzer</a>, gossip (קיבעצן, kibetsn; cf. German: kiebitzen, may be related to German: Kiebitz, '<a href="/wiki/Lapwing" title="Lapwing">lapwing</a>'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/kibitz">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klezmer" title="Klezmer">Klezmer</a>, instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=klezmer">OED</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/klutz" class="extiw" title="wikt:klutz">Klutz</a>: A clumsy person (קלאָץ, klots, 'wooden beam'; cf. German: Klotz, 'block'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=klutz">OED</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/klutz">MW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=klutz">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knish" title="Knish">Knish</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/kəˈnɪʃ/</a>: A doughy snack stuffed with potato, meat, or cheese (קניש, from <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: knysz; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knish">MW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=knish">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashrut" title="Kashrut">Kosher</a>: Correct according to Jewish law, normally used in reference to Jewish dietary laws; (slang) appropriate, legitimate (originally from כּשר, kašer/kasher; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050222/http://bartleby.com/61/42/K0104200.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>kishke (Yid. קישקע): A kind of sausage stuffed with finely chopped potatoes, carrots, onions, spices, etc., rather than meat; in the plural kishkes, the abdomen (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kishkes">MW</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=kishkes">OED</a>) (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=kishkes">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kugel" title="Kugel">kugel</a> (Yid. קוגעל): a casserole or pudding, usually made from egg noodles or potatoes (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=kugel">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvell" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:kvell">Kvell</a>: To express great pleasure combined with pride (קװעלן, kveln, from an old Germanic word; cognate with German: quellen, 'swell'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/kvell">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvetch" class="extiw" title="wikt:kvetch">Kvetch</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/kəˈvɛtʃ/</a>: to complain habitually, gripe; as a noun, a person who always complains (קװעטשן, kvetshn, 'press/squeeze'; cognate with German: quetschen, 'squeeze'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/kvetch">MW</a>)<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> There is also a connection[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness">vague</a>] to the Hebrew and Aramaic <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radix" class="extiw" title="wikt:radix">radix</a> "k.w.z",[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] meaning "squeeze".<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="L">L</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: L">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latke" title="Latke">Latke</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈlɑːtkə/</a>: <a href="/wiki/Potato_pancake" title="Potato pancake">Potato pancake</a>, especially during <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (לאַטקע, from <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: ладка, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: ladka, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'pancake (colloquial; regular: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="wikt:оладья">оладья</a>)' or <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: оладка, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: oladka, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'pancake/fritter'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050237/http://bartleby.com/61/51/L0065100.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litvaks" title="Litvaks">Litvak</a>: A <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Jews">Lithuanian Jew</a> or a dialect of Yiddish used by Lithuanian Jews (ליטוואַק, litvak; OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lox" title="Lox">Lox</a>: Cured <a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a>, sometimes referred to as <a href="/wiki/Lox#Similar_products" title="Lox">Nova</a>, often used loosely to refer to <a href="/wiki/Smoked_salmon" title="Smoked salmon">smoked salmon</a> (לאַקס, laks, 'salmon'; cf. German: Lachs; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/lox?show=1&t=1296310262">MW</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="M">M</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: M">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>mama-loshen / mame-loshen (Yid. מאמאלושן): one's first or native language, from Yiddish mama (mother) plus Hebrew לשון lashon, tongue or language; usually meaning "Yiddish" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=mama-loshen">https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=mama-loshen</a> OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamzer" title="Mamzer">Mamzer</a>: Bastard (from Yiddish/Hebrew: ממזר, mamzer; OED)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maven" class="extiw" title="wikt:maven">Maven</a>: Expert, aficionado (מבֿין, meyvn, from Hebrew: מבין, mevin, 'understands'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/maven">MW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=maven">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazel_tov" title="Mazel tov">Mazeltov</a>, also Mazal tov: Congratulations! (מזל־טובֿ, mazl-tov, from Hebrew מזל טוב, mazzāl ṭōv: מזל, mazzāl, 'fortune' or 'luck' + טוב, ṭōv, 'good'; OED)</li> <li>Megillah: A tediously detailed discourse (מגלה, megile, 'lengthy document, scroll [esp. the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Esther" title="Book of Esther">Book of Esther</a>]', from מגלה, məgillā, 'scroll'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/megillah">MW</a>). Usually used in American English as "the whole Megillah" meaning an overly extended explanation or story.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mensch" title="Mensch">Mensch</a>: An upright person; a decent human being (מענטש, mentsh, 'person'; cognate with German: Mensch, 'human'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/mensch">MW</a>)</li> <li>Meshuga, also Meshugge, Meshugah, Meshuggah <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/məˈʃʊɡə/</a>: Crazy (משגע, meshuge, from Hebrew: משוגע, m'shuga'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/meshuga">MW</a>). Also used as the nouns meshuggener and meshuggeneh for a crazy man and woman, respectively.</li> <li>Meshugaas, also Mishegaas or Mishegoss <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/mɪʃəˈɡɑːs/</a>: Crazy or senseless activity or behavior; craziness (משוגעת, meshugaas, from Hebrew: משוגעת, məšugga‘ath, a form of the above; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=mishegoss">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Milchig: made with milk (מילכיק, milkhik, 'milky', from מילך, milkh, 'milk'; cf. German: milchig; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/milchig">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minyan" title="Minyan">Minyan</a>: The quorum of ten adult (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Bar_and_Bat_Mitzvah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bar and Bat Mitzvah">age 13 or older</a>) Jews that is necessary for the holding of a public worship service; in <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Judaism</a> ten adult males are required, while in <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Judaism" title="Conservative Judaism">Conservative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform Judaism</a> ten adults of either sex are required. (מנין, minyen, from Hebrew: מנין, minyān; OED)</li> <li>Mishpocha <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/mɪʃˈpɒxə/</a>: relative or extended family member (משפּחה, mishpokhe, from Hebrew: משפּחה, mišpāḥā; OED)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="N">N</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: N">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Naches <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈnɑːxəs/</a>: The feeling of pride and/or gratification in 1: the achievements of another; 2. one's own doing good by helping someone or some organization (נחת, nakhes, from Hebrew: נחת, naḥath, 'contentment'; OED)</li> <li>Narrischkeit <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈnɑːrɪʃkaɪt/</a>: Foolishness, nonsense (נאַרישקייט, narishkeyt, from נאַריש, narish, 'foolish' + ־קייט, -keyt, 'ness'; cf. German: närrisch, 'foolish'; OED)</li> <li>Nebbish, also Nebbich: An insignificant, pitiful person; a nonentity (from interjection נעבעך, nebekh, 'poor thing!', perhaps from Czech nebohý or other Slavic source; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930025103/http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary/nebbish">MW</a>)</li> <li>Noodge, also Nudzh: To pester, nag, whine; as a noun, a pest, whiner, or anxious person (נודיען, nudyen, from Polish nudzić 'to bore' or Russian nudit' 'to wear out'; OED)</li> <li>Nosh: Snack (noun or verb) (נאַשן, nashn; cf. German: naschen; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/nosh">MW</a>)</li> <li>Nu: A multipurpose interjection analogous to "well?", "so?", or "so what?" (נו, nu, perhaps akin to Russian: ну, nu; OED)</li> <li>Nudnik: A pest, "pain in the neck"; a bore (נודניק, nudnik, from the above נודיען, nudyen; cf. Polish: nudny, 'boring, annoying'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/nudnik">MW</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="O">O</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: O">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Oy, <a href="/wiki/Oy_vey" title="Oy vey">Oy vey</a>: Interjections of grief, pain, or horror (אוי וויי, oy vey, 'oh, pain!' or 'oh, woe!'; cf. German: oh weh, 'oh, woe!'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=oy+vey">OED</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=oy+vey">AHD</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="P">P</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: P">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pareve" title="Pareve">Pareve</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈpɑːrəv/</a>: Containing neither meat nor dairy products (פּאַרעווע, pareve; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/pareve">MW</a>)</li> <li>Pisher: a nobody, an inexperienced person (פּישער, pisher, from פּישן, pishn, 'piss'; cf. German: pissen or dialectal German: pischen; OED)</li> <li>Potch also Petch: Spank, slap, smack (פּאַטשן, patshn; cf. German: patschen, 'slap'; OED)</li> <li>Plotz: To burst from strong emotion; often used humorously to express minor shock or disappointment (פּלאַצן, platsn, 'crack'; cf. German: platzen; OED)</li> <li>punim: the face (Yiddish פּנים ponem, from Hebrew פָּנִים panim) (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=punim">OED</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=punim">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Putz: (vulgar) A penis, term used as an insult (פּאָץ, pots; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=putz">AHD</a>). Also an insignificant person, incompetent, or loser. As a verb, to idle, bodge, goof off.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="S">S</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: S">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Schav: <a href="/wiki/Sorrel_soup" title="Sorrel soup">Sorrel soup</a>. (שטשאַוו, shtshav, from Polish: szczaw; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=schav">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schlemiel" title="Schlemiel">Schlemiel</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ʃləˈmiːl/</a>: An inept clumsy person; a bungler; a dolt (שלעמיל, shlemil or שלימיל, shlimil, probably from the Hebrew name Shelumiel; OED) The word is widely recognized[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] from its inclusion in the <a href="/wiki/Yiddish" title="Yiddish">Yiddish</a>-American <a href="/wiki/Hopscotch" title="Hopscotch">hopscotch</a> chant "...schlemiel, schlimazel..." from the opening sequence of the American sitcom <a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley#Opening_sequence" title="Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a>.</li> <li>Schlep: To drag or haul (an object); to walk, esp. to make a tedious journey (שלעפּן, shlepn; cf. German: schleppen; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schlep">MW</a>). Also a <a href="/wiki/Noun" title="Noun">noun</a>, a lackey, hanger-on, or loser.</li> <li>Schlimazel also Schlemazl: A chronically unlucky person (שלימזל, shlimazl, from [<a href="/wiki/Middle_Dutch" title="Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a>: slimp, 'crooked/bad' or <a href="/wiki/Middle_High_German" title="Middle High German">Middle High German</a>: slimp, 'awry' or schlimm, 'poor/lacking'] + Hebrew: מזל, mazzāl, 'luck'; cf. German: Schlamassel; OED). The difference between a schlemiel and a schlimazel is described through the <a href="/wiki/Aphorism" title="Aphorism">aphorism</a>, "The schlemiel spills his soup on the schlimazel."</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schlock" class="extiw" title="wikt:Schlock">Schlock</a>: something cheap, shoddy, or inferior (perhaps from שלאַק, shlak, 'a stroke'; cf. German: Schlag; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schlock">MW</a>)</li> <li>Schlong: (vulgar) A <a href="/wiki/Penis" title="Penis">penis</a> (שלאַנג, shlang, 'snake'; cf. German: Schlange; OED)</li> <li>Schlub: A clumsy, stupid, or unattractive person (זשלאָב, zhlob, 'hick', perhaps from Polish: żłób; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schlub">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schmaltz" title="Schmaltz">Schmaltz</a>: Melted <a href="/wiki/Chicken_fat" title="Chicken fat">chicken fat</a>; metaphorically, excessive sentimentality (שמאַלץ, shmalts or German: Schmalz; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schmaltz">MW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=schmaltz">AHD</a>); adjective: schmaltzy</li> <li>Schmatte: A rag (שמאַטע, shmate, from Polish: szmata; OED)</li> <li>Schmeer also <a href="/wiki/Schmear" title="Schmear">schmear</a>: from Polish 'smarowac' to smear, to spread, coll. to bribe; (noun or verb) Spread (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Cream_cheese" title="Cream cheese">cream cheese</a> on a bagel); bribe (שמיר, shmir, 'smear'; cf. German: schmieren; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schmear">MW</a>)</li> <li>Schmo: A stupid person (akin to <a href="#Schmuck">schmuck</a> according to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=schmo">AHD</a>, but disputed by OED)</li> <li>Schmooze: To converse informally, make small talk or chat (שמועסן, shmuesn, 'converse', from Hebrew: שמועות, shəmūʿōth, 'reports/gossip'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schmooze">MW</a>). To persuade in insincere or oily fashion; to "lay it on thick". Noun: schmoozer, abbr. schmooze.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative)" title="Schmuck (pejorative)">Schmuck</a>: (vulgar) A contemptible or foolish person; a jerk; (שמאָק, shmok, 'penis', probably from <a href="/wiki/Old_Polish" title="Old Polish">Old Polish</a> smok, 'grass snake, dragon'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schmuck">MW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=schmuck">EO</a>)</li> <li>Schmutter: Pieces of clothing; rubbish (שמאַטע, shmate, 'rag'; cf. <a href="#Schmatte">schmatte</a>; OED)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schmutz" class="extiw" title="wikt:schmutz">Schmutz</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ʃmʊts/</a>: Dirt (שמוץ, shmuts or German: Schmutz; OED)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schnook" class="extiw" title="wikt:schnook">Schnook</a>: An easily imposed-upon or easily cheated person, a pitifully meek person, a particularly gullible person, a cute or mischievous person or child (perhaps from שנוק, shnuk, 'snout'; cf. Northern German: Schnucke, 'sheep'; OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schnorrer" title="Schnorrer">Schnorrer</a>: beggar, esp. "one who wheedles others into supplying his wants" (שנאָרער, shnorer; cf. German: Schnorrer; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schnorrer">MW</a>)</li> <li>Schnoz or Schnozz also Schnozzle: A nose, especially a large nose (perhaps from שנויץ, shnoyts, 'snout'; cf. German: Schnauze; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/schnoz">MW</a>)</li> <li>Schvartze: (offensive) A Black person (from שוואַרץ, shvarts, 'black'; cf. German: schwarz; OED)</li> <li>Shabbos, Shabbas, Shabbes: <a href="/wiki/Shabbat" title="Shabbat">Shabbat</a> (שבת, Shabes, from Hebrew: שבת, Shabat; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012134745/http://bartleby.com/61/71/S0307150.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Shammes or Shamash <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈʃɑːməs/</a>: The caretaker of a synagogue; also, the ninth candle of the Hanukkah menorah, used to light the others (שמשׂ, shames, from Hebrew: שמש, šammāš, 'attendant'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/Shammes">MW</a>)</li> <li>Shamus: a detective (possibly שאַמעס, shammes or the Irish name Seamus; OED, Macquarie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shegetz" class="mw-redirect" title="Shegetz">Shegetz</a>: (derogatory) a young non-Jewish man (שגץ or שײגעץ, sheygets, from Hebrew: שקץ, shekets, 'abomination'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070203230502/http://www.bartleby.com/61/19/S0331900.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Shemozzle: (slang) Quarrel, brawl (perhaps related to schlimazel, q.v.; OED). This word is commonly used in Ireland to describe confused situations during the Irish sport of <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurling</a>, e.g. "There was a shemozzle near the goalmouth". In particular, it was a <a href="/wiki/Catchphrase" title="Catchphrase">catchphrase</a> of 1940s–1980s television commentator <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Hehir" title="Michael O'Hehir">Michael O'Hehir</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></li> <li>Shikker, Shicker, Shickered: Drunk (adjective or noun) (שכּור, shiker, from Hebrew: שיכור, shikor; OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiksa" title="Shiksa">Shiksa</a> or Shikse <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈʃɪksə/</a>: (often derogatory) A young non-Jewish woman (שיקסע, shikse, a derivative of sheygets, from Polish: siksa; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/34/S0343400.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shmendrik" title="Shmendrik">Shmendrik</a> or Shmendrick: A foolish or contemptible person (from a character in an operetta by <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Goldfaden" title="Abraham Goldfaden">Abraham Goldfaden</a>; OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shtetl" title="Shtetl">Shtetl</a>: A small town with a large Jewish population in pre-<a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a> Eastern Europe (שטעטל, shtetl, 'town', diminutive of שטאָט, shtot, 'city'; cf. German: Städtl, South German / Austrian colloquial diminutive of Stadt, 'city'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050257/http://bartleby.com/61/76/S0377600.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shtibl" class="mw-redirect" title="Shtibl">Shtibl</a>: A small synagogue or place of prayer (שטיבל, shtibl, 'little room'; cf. German: Stüberl; OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shtick" title="Shtick">Shtick</a>: Comic theme; a defining habit or distinguishing feature or business (שטיק, shtik, 'piece'; cf. German: Stück, 'piece'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070423012821/http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/S0377700.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Shtum: Quiet, silent (שטום, shtum, 'mute'; cf. German: stumm); OED)</li> <li>Shtup: (vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse (שטופּ, shtoop, 'push/poke/intercourse'; cf. German: stupsen, 'poke'; OED)</li> <li>Shul: a synagogue (שול, shul, 'school', from Middle High German: schuol, 'school'; cf. German: Schule, 'school'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shul">MW</a>)</li> <li>Shvitz: to sweat (v.), a sauna or steam bath (n.) (שוויצן, shvitsn; cf. German: schwitzen; OED)</li> <li>Spiel or Shpiel: A sales pitch or speech intended to persuade (שפּיל, shpil, 'play' or German: Spiel, 'play'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191815/http://www.bartleby.com/61/81/S0638100.html">AHD</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="T">T</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: T">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tchotchke" title="Tchotchke">Tchotchke</a>: A knickknack, trinket, curio (צאַצקע, tsatske, טשאַטשקע, tshatshke, from Polish: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pl:cacko" class="extiw" title="wikt:pl:cacko">cacko</a>; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/tchotchke">MW</a>)</li> <li>Tref or Trayf or Traif <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈtreɪf/</a>: Not <a href="/wiki/Kosher" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosher">kosher</a> (טרייף, treyf, from Hebrew: טרפֿה, ṭərēfā, 'carrion'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071016050252/http://bartleby.com/61/68/T0336800.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Tsuris <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈtsʊrɪs/</a>: Troubles, grief (צרות, tsores/tsoris,<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> from Hebrew: צרות, tsarot, 'troubles'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tsuris">MW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=tsuris">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Tuchus<a href="#cite_note-Tuchis-10">[10]</a> (also tuches, tuchis,<a href="#cite_note-Tuchis-10">[10]</a> tukus, tuchas, or tukhus) <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈtʊxəs/</a>: The buttocks, bottom, rear end (תחת, tokhes, from Hebrew: תחת, taḥath, 'underneath'; OED).</li> <li>Tummler: An entertainer or master of ceremonies, especially one who encourages audience interaction (טומלער, tumler, from טומלען, tumlen, 'make a racket'; cf. German: (sich) tummeln, 'go among people' or 'cavort'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/tummler">MW</a>)</li> <li>Tush (also Tushy): The buttocks, bottom, rear end (תּחת, tokes; cf. <a href="#Tuchus">tuchus</a>; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/tush">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzimmes" title="Tzimmes">Tzimmes</a>: A sweet stew of vegetables and fruit; a fuss, a confused affair, a to-do (צימעס, tsimes; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/tzimmes">MW</a>)</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TzimmesS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/TzimmesS.jpg/180px-TzimmesS.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/TzimmesS.jpg/270px-TzimmesS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/TzimmesS.jpg/360px-TzimmesS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="563" /></a><figcaption>Carrot <a href="/wiki/Tzimmes" title="Tzimmes">tzimmes</a> with honey</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="V">V</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: V">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vigorish" title="Vigorish">Vigorish</a> (also contraction Vig): That portion of the gambling winnings held by the bookmaker as payment for services (וויגריש, vigrish,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] from Russian: выигрыш, vyigrysh, 'winnings'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=vigorish">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Verklempt: Choked with emotion (פֿאַרקלעמט, farklemt, 'depressed/grieving', originally 'pressed, gripped'; cf. German: verklemmt meaning 'uptight' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verklempt">MW</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Y">Y</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Y">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casamento_judeu1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Casamento_judeu1.jpg/180px-Casamento_judeu1.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Casamento_judeu1.jpg/270px-Casamento_judeu1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Casamento_judeu1.jpg/360px-Casamento_judeu1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3420" data-file-height="2280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yarmulke" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarmulke">Yarmulke</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kippah" title="Kippah">Yarmulke</a>: A round cloth skullcap worn by observant Jewish men (יאַרמלקע, yarmlke, possibly from Polish: jarmułka and Ukrainian: ярмулка, yarmulka, 'skullcap', possibly from <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: yağmurluk, <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> 'raincoat/oilskin'; see <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yarmulke" class="extiw" title="wikt:yarmulke">yarmulke</a>; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/yarmulke">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yekke" title="Yekke">Yekke</a>: (mildly derogatory) A German Jew; its most common usage derives from the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate</a> period to describe <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Aliyah" title="Fifth Aliyah">Fifth Aliyah</a> German Jews, who were perceived to be more formal in dress and manners. (יעקע, yeke, 'jacket'; cf. German: Jacke; OED)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yenta" title="Yenta">Yenta</a> (variants: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yente" class="extiw" title="wikt:yente">yente</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yentl" class="extiw" title="wikt:yentl">yentl</a>): A talkative woman; a gossip; a scold (יענטע, yente, from a given name; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/yenta">MW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yiddish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a>: The Yiddish language (ייִדיש, Yidish, 'Jewish'; cf. German: jüdisch; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070401200135/http://www.bartleby.com/61/4/Y0020400.html">AHD</a>)</li> <li>Yontef also Yom Tov: A <a href="/wiki/Jewish_holiday" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish holiday">Jewish holiday</a> on which work is forbidden, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Pesach</a> (יום- טובֿ, yontef, 'holiday', from Hebrew: יום טוב, yōm ṭōv, 'good day'; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=Yontiff">OED</a>)</li> <li>Yutz: A fool (יאָנץ, yonts, perhaps derived from <a href="#Putz">putz</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC">NPD</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=yutz">AHD</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Z">Z</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Z">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Zaftig, also Zaftik <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈzɑːftɪk/</a>: Pleasingly plump, buxom, full-figured, as a woman (זאַפֿטיק, zaftik, 'juicy'; cf. German: saftig, 'juicy'; OED, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-w.com/dictionary/zaftig">MW</a>)</li> <li>Zayde (Yid. זײדע zeyde): grandfather, old man, often a term of respect or endearment (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=zayde">OED</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hebrew_origin" title="List of English words of Hebrew origin">List of English words of Hebrew origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_German_expressions_in_English" title="List of German expressions in English">List of German expressions in English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_English_words_by_country_or_language_of_origin" title="Lists of English words by country or language of origin">Lists of English words by country or language of origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeshivish" title="Yeshivish">Yeshivish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yiddish_words_used_in_English" title="Yiddish words used in English">Yiddish words used in English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shm-reduplication" title="Shm-reduplication">Shm-reduplication</a>, an English-language <a href="/wiki/Reduplication" title="Reduplication">reduplication</a> of Yiddish origin</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved 2014-05-19. </li> <li id="cite_note-Tuchis-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tuchis_10-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tuchis_10-1">b</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Goldberg" title="Jeffrey Goldberg">Jeffrey Goldberg</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/06/words-that-the-new-york-times-will-not-print/57884/">"Words That The New York Times Will Not Print"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a>, 2010-06-09. "'Joe Lieberman is too polite to complain, but the Gore questions are getting to be a pain in the tuchis.' ... 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