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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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How do you say dear in Yiddish - dear john?

"MY-neh TIE-eh-reh ..." . . . . . my dear

If you're actually addressing a male, and for some reason you're actually

doing it in Yiddish, then it's "MINE-air TIE-eh-rare" ...

How do you spell fechachta?

The Yiddish word for "fecal matter", or the condition of being "in it", is spelled farkakt / farkakte, from the German word verkackte for the same substance.

What is the yiddish word for home?

The Yiddish word for home is "heim" (היים).

What is the yiddish word for gift?

גאָב - which is best rendered in Roman lettering as "gob."

How do you say sweet in Yiddish?

"ZEES" ... from the German 'süß'

What is the Yiddish word for lawyer?

The Yiddish word for lawyer is "advokat".

How do you say little man in yiddish?

You can say "kleyn man" in Yiddish to refer to a little man.

You are my love in yiddish?

In Yiddish, you can say, "Du bist mayn libe."

What does the yiddish word takey mean?

I think you're referring to "TAH-keh", meaning "for sure",

"definitely", "totally", "you said it", etc.

What does yiddish word render mean?

The Yiddish word "render" means to interpret, explain, or translate. It can also refer to the act of performing a task or fulfilling a duty.

What does yiddish word rendar mean?

Providing something for someone!

It's hard to find Yiddish stuff online!

How do you say Nathan in yiddish?

'Nathan' is King James' committee's rendition of the Hebrew "nah-TAHN".

Depending on the dialect and erudition of the speaker, it could emerge

in Yiddish as anything from "nah-TAHN" to "NOO-sn".

How do you say Jewish in Yiddish?

"Jewish" in Yiddish is "ייִדיש" (yidish), pronounced as "yiddish."

What is the Yiddish equivalent of the name Richard?

The name Richard has no equivalent in Yiddish. But you can spell it ריטשאַרד

What is the Yiddish word for answer?

answer (noun) = Tschuva (תשובה)

answer (verb) = entfern (ענטפערן)

What does hazer mean in yiddish?

We'll go out on a limb here, and assume that the question refers not so much to

the upper-class fraternity brother responsible for Freshman pledge orientation as

to the word pronounced "KHAH-zair" or "KHAH-zer", and popularly associated in

some way with Jewish speech.

The origin of that word is Hebrew, found in the Torah in Leviticus 11:7, pronounced

"khah-ZEER", and usually translated "pig". In colloquial "street" usage, it means

exactly that, plus everything that has come to be associated, rightly or wrongly,

with 'pig'.

What is the Yiddish word for synagogue?

synagogue = Schul (שול)synagogues = Schulen (שולן)

How do you say all right in yiddish?

In Yiddish, "all right" is typically expressed as "ale yidish" (אַלע ייִדיש).

What is pigshit in yiddish?

There is no such Yiddish word. You would just say Schvein Drek.

What does the Yiddish word shul mean?

"Shul" is a Yiddish word that means synagogue, a place of assembly for Jewish worship and prayer. It is used to describe a Jewish communal prayer space and gathering place for religious and social activities.

What does the word nu mean in yiddish?

You've struck one of those words that's virtually un-translatable.

Here's an attempt:

Married couple are getting ready to go out and meet another couple for a fancy dinner.

Wife has bathed, dried and done her hair, done her nails, put on her gown, finished

her entire make-up, and the husband is still shaving. 20 minutes later, she's pacing

back and forth outside the bedroom and looking at her watch. She pushes the door

open to the bedroom, and he's there in front of the mirror, trying to tie his tie for the

fourteenth time. She doesn't say a word. She just stands there, with her arms folded,

tapping her foot, looking daggers at him, and finally she says "Well l l l l l l ..." ...

starting low and rising as she drags the word out to five times its normal length.

That "Welllll . . . " is the closest I can come to an English translation of "Nu ?"

Is Klezmer Hebrew or Yiddish?

First of all, you have to understand that many Yiddish terms come from Hebrew ...

(just as many Yiddish terms come from Russian, Polish, and English, among others).

Today, "Klezmer" is considered a Yiddish word. But it's origin is in the Hebrew words

"klay zemer", meaning roughly "implements of song", or musical instruments.

How do you say egg in yiddish?

Pronounce it like " I " or " eye " .

What does the Yiddish word feh mean?

It's an amusing expression of disgust, pronounced with a "ch" sound at the end.