Everyday Yiddish-English-Yiddish Dictionary
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By
Natalya Belinsky,
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A
Shtunk
- Shtunk
- stink
- smell
- odor
- odour
- bad
- lousy
A guy who doesn't smell too good; a stink
(bad odor); a lousy human
A bisel
A little
A biseleh
- A very little
- biseleh
- A bisele
- bisele
A very little
A breyre
hob ich
- A breyreh hob ich
- I have no alternative
- alternative
- breyre hob ich
- A breyre
- breyre
- breyreh
- hob
- ich
I have no alternative
A breyte
deye hob'n
- A breyteh deyeh hoben
- do all the talking
- have the greatest say or authority
- breyte deye hob'n
- A breyte
- deye
- hob'n
- breyte
- breyteh
- deyeh
- hoben
To do all the talking (To have the greatest
say or authority)
A broch
Oh hell! Damn it! A curse!
A broch
tsu dir
- A broch tsu dayn lebn
- A broch tzu dayn lebn
- A broch tsu dain lebn
- A broch tsu deyn lebn
- A broch tsu dein lebn
- A broch tzu dain lebn
- A broch tzu deyn lebn
- A broch tzu dein lebn
- A broch tzu dir
- life
- disaster
- A curse on you
- curse
- broch tsu dir
- broch tzu dir
- A broch
- broch
- tsu
- tzu
- dir
- broch tsu dayn lebn
- broch tzu dayn lebn
- broch tsu dain lebn
- broch tsu deyn lebn
- broch tsu dein lebn
- broch tzu dain lebn
- broch tzu deyn lebn
- broch tzu dein leb
- A brokh tsu dayn lebn
- A brokh tzu dayn lebn
- A brokh tsu dain lebn
- A brokh tsu deyn lebn
- A brokh tsu dein lebn
- A brokh tzu dain lebn
- A brokch tzu deyn lebn
- A brokh tzu dein lebn
- dein
- dain
- deyn
- dayn
- leben
- brokh tsu dayn lebn
- brokh tzu dayn lebn
- brokh tsu dain lebn
- brokh tsu deyn lebn
- brokh tsu dein lebn
- brokh tzu dain lebn
- brokch tzu deyn lebn
- brokh tzu dein lebn
- A brokh tsu dayn leben
- A brokh tzu dayn leben
- A brokh tsu dain leben
- A brokh tsu deyn leben
- A brokh tsu dein leben
- A brokh tzu dain leben
- A brokch tzu deyn leben
- A brokh tzu dein leben
- brokh tsu dayn leben
- brokh tzu dayn leben
- brokh tsu dain leben
- brokh tsu deyn leben
- brokh tsu dein leben
- brokh tzu dain leben
- brokch tzu deyn leben
- brokh tzu dein leben
A curse on you! Your life should be a disaster
A brocheh
A blessing
A chazer
bleibt a chazer
- A khazer bleibt a khazer
- A pig remains a pig
- remain
- pig
- chazer bleibt a chazer
- khazer bleibt a khazer
- A chazer
- bleibt
- a khazer
- chazer
- khazer
A pig remains a pig
A choleryeh
ahf dir
- A kholeryeh ahf dir
- A plague on you
- plague
- choleryeh ahf dir
- kholeryeh ahf dir
- A choleryeh
- A kholeryeh
- choleryeh
- kholeryeh
- cholerieh
- kholerieh
- cholerye
- kholerye
- ahf
- dir
A plague on you! (Lit., wishing someone
to get cholera.)
A chorbn
- A khorbn
- what a disaster
- shit
- disaster
- chorbn
- khorbn
Oh, what a disaster; Oh S**T! (an expletive)
A deigeh
hob ich
- A deige hob ich
- I don't care
- care
- deigeh hob ich
- A deigeh
- deigeh
- deige
- hob
- ich
I don't care. I should worry.
A farshlepteh
krenk
- A farshlepte krenk
- farshlepteh krenk
- chronic ailment
- chronic
- ailment
- farshlepteh
- farshlepte
- krenk
A chronic ailment
A feier
zol im trefen
- He should burn up
- burn up
- burn
- feier zol im trefen
- A feier
- feier
- zol
- im
- trefen
He should burn up! (Lit., A fire
should meet him.)
A finstere
cholem auf dein kopf und auf dein hent und
fiss
- A finstere kholem auf dein kopf und auf dein hent und fiss
- A dark dream on your head
- hands and feet
- A nightmare on your head
- hands and feet
- nightmare
- dark dream
- dark
- dream
- horrible wish
- horrible
- wish
- finstere cholem auf dein kopf und auf dein hent und fiss
- finstere kholem auf dein kopf und auf dein hent und fiss
- finstere
- cholem
- kholem
- auf
- dein
- kopf
- und
- auf dein
- hent
- fiss
(a horrible wish on someone) A dark
dream (nightmare) on your head, hands and
feet!
A foiler
tut in tsveyen
- A lazy person has to do a task twice
- lazy person has to do a task twice
- lazy person
- lazy
- have to
- do
- task
- twice
- foiler tut in tsveyen
- A foiler
- foiler
- tut
- in
- tsveyen
A lazy person has to do a task twice
A gesheft
hob nicht
- I don't care
- care
- gesheft hob nicht
- A gesheft
- gesheft
- hob
- nicht
I don't care
A gezunt
ahf dein kop
- A gezunt ahf dein kop!
- Good health to you
- Good health
- Good
- health
- gezunt ahf dein kop
- A gezunt
- gezunt
- ahf
- dein
- kop
Good health to you (Lit., Good health
on your head)
A glick
ahf dir
- glick ahf dir
- Good luck to you
- Good luck
- Good
- luck
- Big thing
- A glick
- glick
- ahf
- dir
Good luck to you! (Sometimes used sarcastically
about minor good fortunes.) Big thing!
A glick
hot dich getrofen
- Big deal
- Big
- deal
- glick hot dich getrofen
- A glick hot dir getrofen
- glick hot dir getrofen
- A glick
- glick
- hot
- dir
- dich
- getrofen
(sarcastic) Big deal!; lit.,
A piece of luck happened to you.
A groyser
tzuleyger
- A groyser tsuleyger
- A big shot
- big shot
- big
- shot
- groyser tzuleyger
- groyser tsuleyger
- groyser
- tzuleyger
- tsuleyger
(sarcastically) A big shot
A grubber
yung
- grubber yung
- coarse young man
- coarse
- young
- man
- grubber
- yung
A coarse young man
A kappore
A catastrophe
A khasuren
die kalleh is tsu shayn
- A chasuren die kalleh is tzu shayn
- A khasuren die kalleh iz tsu shayn
- A chasuren die kalleh iz tzu shayn
- A fault that the bride is too beautiful
- fault that the bride is too beautiful
- fault
- bride
- too
- beautiful
- khasuren die kalleh is tsu shayn
- chasuren die kalleh is tzu shayn
- A khasuren
- A chasuren
- khasuren
- chasuren
- die
- kalleh
- is
- iz
- tsu
- tzu
- shayn
A fault that the bride is too beautiful
A kitsel
- kitsel
- kitzel
- Tickle
- A kitzel
Tickle
A klog iz
mir
- Woe is me
- Woe
- klog iz mir
- A klog
- klog
- iz
- mir
Woe is me!
A klog tzu
meineh sonim
- A curse on my enemies
- curse on my enemies
- curse on
- curse
- enemies
- enemy
- klog tsu meineh sonim
- klog tzu meineh sonim
- A klog
- klog
- tzu
- tsu
- meineh
- sonim
A curse on my enemies!
A kop oif
di plaitses
- Good sense
- common sense
- A head on the shoulders
- head on the shoulders
- head
- sense
- kop oif di plaitses
- kop oif di plaitses!
- A kop
- kop
- oif
- di
- plaitses
Good, common sense! (Lit., A head
on the shoulders!)
A langer
lucksh
- tall person
- long noodle
- tall
- person
- long
- noodle
- langer lucksh
- langer
- lucksh
A tall person; a long noodle
A lebedikeh
velt
- A lively world
- lebedikeh velt
- lively world
- lively
- world
- lebedikeh
- velt
A lively world!
A lebediker
- lebediker
- Lively person
- Lively
- person
A lively person
A leben
ahf dein kepele
- Well said
- Well done
- well
- head
- leben ahf dein kepele
- A leben ahf dein kop! / Leben ahf dein kepele
- Leben ahf dein kop
- A leben
- leben
- ahf
- dein
- kepele
- kop
Well said! Well done! (Lit., A long
life upon your head); A life on your head!
(A grandparent might say to a grandchild
meaning "you are SO smart!")
A leben
ahf dir
- be well
- well
- live
- A leben
- leben
- ahf
- dir
You should live! And be well!
A lung un
leber oyf der noz
- Don't imagine a lung and a liver upon the nose
- Stop talking yourself into illness
- stop talking
- stop
- talk
- illness
- imagine
- lung
- liver
- upon the nose
- nose
- lung un leber oyf der noz
- A lung
- lung
- un
- leber
- oyf
- der
- noz
Stop talking yourself into illness! (Lit.,
Don't imagine a lung and a liver upon
the nose)
A maidel
mit a klaidel
- maidel mit a klaidel
- cutie-pie showing off her new dress
- cutie-pie
- cutie
- pie
- show off
- show
- new dress
- dress
- A maidel
- maidel
- mit
- a klaidel
- klaidel
A cutie-pie showing off her (new) dress
A maidel
mit a vayndel
- maidel mit a vayndel
- pony-tailed nymphet
- pony-tailed
- nymphet
- pony
- tail
- A maidel
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