Dictionary of Yiddish Slang and IdiomsYiddish was born in the eleventh century and has been the living language of the Jewish people ever since. Ten million people speak Yiddish (a low estimate), and the tongue is so universal that it has become a linguistic passport in most of the world. This is a fascinating, useful, sometimes riotously funny collection of colloquialisms, proverbs, curses, wise maxims and ribald expressions. |
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Common terms and phrases
ahf kapores ahfen alaichem Alteh arein Azoy Badchan Bareh Barimer Billik blessing bobkes Book of Esther borsht Borves broch Bubkes chochmeh crazy curse darf deigeh dietary laws Drek taboo drerd eich Female fool fortz G'vald gait ganef gelt geshtoigen gezogt gezunt gezunterhait girl gornisht Grober Groisser Hebrew hell hert zich hinten hoben Jewish Jews K'nacker Kadoches Kasheh Kosher krenk kricht leben luck Machen macht makeh Mamzer mentsh meshugeh Meshugeneh metsieh moid moyl naches nebach Nebbish nechtiker Nisht nit kain Nudnik Ongeblozzen penis person prayer Prosteh pupik redt sarcastically shabbes Shlak Shlecht shlemiel shlimazel Shlump Shmek Shmendrik Shnorrer shoyn Shtarker Shtik shtil slang sonim soup Stuffed synagogue taboo talk Tashlich toches Trombenik Tsatskeh tsores tsum vant velt veren What's woman Yichus Yiddish yung Zei nit zein Zeit zich zich nit Zol zein Zolst