nebbish

n.

A person regarded as weak-willed or timid.

[Yiddish nebekh, poor, unfortunate, of Slavic origin.]

nebbishy neb'bish·y adj.

noun

A totally insignificant person: cipher, nobody, nonentity, nothing. Informal pip-squeak, zero. Slang shrimp, zilch. See important/unimportant.

[Yiddish] a timid, meek or ineffectual person

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skvat, pjok

Nederlands (Dutch)
schlemiel, och arme!, schlemielig, zielig

Français (French)
n. - empoté

Deutsch (German)
n. - unterwürfige od. ängstliche Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πειθήνιος, δουλοπρεπής

Italiano (Italian)
nullità, scialbo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) considerada tímida, ou com pouca força de vontade

Русский (Russian)
придурок, бестолковый, тупой

Español (Spanish)
n. - inepto, tímido, inútil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nolla, grå råtta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不受重视的人, 无用的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不受重視的人, 無用的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 박력이 없는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つまらない人, つまらんやつ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص ساذج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חסר ביטחון עצמי, צייתן‬

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