Everyday Yiddish-English-Yiddish Dictionary
(Starting with "E")

By Natalya Belinsky,
"Fluent English Educational Project"

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Ech

• Ekh
• groan
• disparaging exclamation
• disparaging
• exclamation
• cry

A groan, a disparaging exclamation



Ech hob dir in drerd

• Ekh hob dir in drerd
• Ech
• ekc
• hob
• dir
• in
• drerd
• Go to hell
• Go to
• go
• hell

Go to hell



Ech mir

• Ech mir eppes
• Ech
• mir
• Humorous remark
• disparaging remark
• Humorous
• disparaging
• remark

Humorous, disparaging remark about anything, e.g. "American Pie ech mir a movie?"



Efsher

• Efscher
• Maybe
• could be
• Maybe
• could
• be
• may

Maybe, could be



Ei!

• Ei! Ei!
• Ei
• Ey
• Ai
• Ay
• Oh!
• Oh

Yiddish exclamation equivalent to the English "Oh!"




Eingeshpahrt

• Aingeshpahrt
• Eyngeshpahrt
• Ayngeshpahrt
• Stubborn

Stubborn




Eingetunken

• Eyngetunken
• Aingetunken
• Ayngetunken
• Dipped
• dunked

Dipped, dunked




Einhoreh

• Eynhoreh
• Ainhoreh
• Aynhoreh

The evil eye




Eizel

• Aizel
• Ayzel
• Eyzel
• Fool
• dope

Fool, dope




Ek velt

• Ek
• velt
• boondocks
• boondock
• End of the world
• End
• world

End of the world; boondocks



Ekrev

• Scorpio

Scorpio



Elf

• Eleven

Eleven




Elfter

• Eleventh

Eleventh




Emitzer

• Emitser
• Someone
• Somebody

Someone




Emmes

• Emes
• truth

The truth



emmisse meisse

• emmisse maisse
• absolutely true tale
• absolutely
• true tale
• true
• tale
• An emmisse meisse
• An emmisse maisse
• emmisse
• meisse
• maisse

An (absolutely) true tale

enlekh

• enlech
• similar
• alike

similar, alike

Enschultig meir

• Enshultig meir
• Enschultig meyr
• Enshultig meyr
• Enschultig mair
• Enshultig mair
• Enschultig mayr
• Enshultig mayr
• Enschultig
• Enshultig
• meir
• meyr
• mair
• mayr
• excuse me
• excuse
• me

"Well excuse me!" (Can also bu used in a sarcastic manner depending on the tone of voice and situation.)




Entoisht

• Entoischt
• Entoysht
• Entoyscht
• Disappointed
• Disappoint

Disappointed




Epes

• Something
• somewhat

Something, somewhat




Epl

• der Epl
• Eplen
• apple

apple




Epl-Tsimes

• der Epl-Tsimes
• Epl-Tzimes
• der Epl-Tzimes
• Epl-Zimes
• der Epl-Zimes
• Epl
• Tsimes
• Tzimes
• Zimes
• applesauce

applesauce




Eppes

• Epes
• Something

Something




Er bolbet narishkeiten

• Er bolbet narischkeiten
• Er
• bolbet
• narishkeiten
• narischkeiten
• Er bolbet narischkeyten
• Er bolbet narischkaiten
• Er bolbet narischkayten
• Er bolbet narishkeyten
• Er bolbet narishkaiten
• Er bolbet narishkayten
• narishkeyten
• narishkaiten
• narishkayten
• He talks nonsense
• He
• talks
• talk
• nonsense

He talks nonsense




Er drayt sich arum vie a fortz in russell

• Er drait sich arum vie a fortz in russell
• Er dreyt sich arum vie a fortz in russell
• Er dreit sich arum vie a fortz in russell
• Er drait sich arum vie a forts in russell
• Er dreyt sich arum vie a forts in russell
• Er dreit sich arum vie a forts in russell
• Er drait sich arum vie a forts in russell
• Er
• drait
• drayt
• dreit
• dreyt
• sich
• arum
• vie
• a fortz
• forts
• a forts
• fortz
• in russell
• in rusel
• russell
• rusel
• He wanders around like a fart in a barrel
• He wanders around aimlessly
• He
• wander around
• wander
• around
• like
• a fart in a barrel
• fart
• barrel
• aimlessly

He wanders around like a fart in a barrel (aimlessly)




Er est vi noch a krenk

• Er
• est
• vi
• noch
• a krenk
• krenk
• He eats as if he has just recovered from a sickness
• He
• eat
• as if
• just
• recovered
• recover
• from
• sickness

He eats as if he has just recovered from a sickness




Er frest vi a ferd

• Er
• frest
• vi
• a ferd
• ferd
• He
• eat
• like
• horse

He eats like a horse




Er hot a makeh

• Er hot a make
• Er hot a maka
• Er
• hot
• a makeh
• a make
• a maka
• makeh
• make
• maka
• He has nothing at all
• He has a minor hurt
• He has a boil
• He
• has
• have
• nothing
• at all
• all
• boil
• minor
• hurt

He has nothing at all (Lit., He has a boil or a minor hurt.)




Er hot nit zorg

• Er
• hot
• nit
• zorg
• He hasn't got a worry
• He didn't get a worry
• He
• got
• get
• worry

He hasn't got a worry




Er iz a niderrechtiker kerl

• Er iz a niderrekhtiker kerl
• Er
• iz
• niderrekhtiker
• niderrechtiker
• kerl
• He
• low-down
• low
• down
• good-for-nothing
• good
• nothing

He is a low-down good-for-nothing




Er iz shoyn du

• der nudnik
• Er iz schoyn du
• der nudnik
• Er iz shoin du
• der nudnik
• Er iz schoin du
• der nudnik
• Er
• iz
• shoyn
• schoyn
• shoin
• schoin
• du
• der nudnik
• nudnik
• This nuisance is here already
• this
• nuisance
• is
• be
• here
• already

This nuisance is here already!




Er macht a tel fun dem

• Er makht a tel fun dem
• Er
• makht
• macht
• tel
• a tel
• fun dem
• fun
• dem
• He ruins it
• He
• ruin
• it

He ruins it




Er toig nit

• Er taig nit
• Er toyg nit
• Er tayg nit
• Er teig nit
• Er teyg nit
• Er
• taig
• toig
• toyg
• tayg
• teig
• teyg
• nit
• He is no good
• He is not good
• not good
• He is worthless
• worthless
• He
• is
• be
• no good
• good

He is no good, worthless




Er zitst oyf shpilkes

• Er zitzt oyf shpilkes
• Er zitst oif shpilkes
• Er zitzt oif shpilkes
• Er zitst oyf schpilkes
• Er zitzt oyf schpilkes
• Er
• zitzt
• zitst
• oif
• oyf
• shpilkes
• schpilkes
• He is restless
• He sits on pins and needles
• He
• is
• be
• restless
• sit
• pins
• pin
• needles
• needle

He's restless. (Lit., He sits on pins and needles.)




Er zol vaksen vi a tsibeleh

• mit dem kop in drerd
• Er zol vaksen vi a tzibeleh
• mit dem kop in drerd
• Er zol vaksen vi a tzibele
• mit dem kop in drerd
• Er zol vaksen vi a tsibele
• mit dem kop in drerd
• Er
• zol
• vaksen
• vi
• a tsibeleh
• a tzibeleh
• a tsibele
• a tzibele
• tsibeleh
• tsibele
• tzibeleh
• tzibele
• mit
• kop
• in
• drerd
• He
• should
• grow
• like
• onion
• with
• his
• head
• ground
• dem

He should grow like an onion, with his head in the ground!




Eretz Yisroel

• Erets Yisroel
• Eretz
• erets
• Yisroel
• Land of Israel
• Land
• Israel

Land of Israel




Ershter

• Erschter
• First

First




Es brent mir ahfen hartz

• Es brent mir ahfen harts
• Es brent mir ahfen hertz
• Es brent mir ahfen herts
• Es
• brent
• mir
• ahfen
• harts
• hertz
• herts
• hartz
• I have a heartburn
• I
• have
• heartburn

I have a heartburn




Es gait nit

• Es gayt nit
• Es geit nit
• Es geyt nit
• Es
• gait
• gayt
• geit
• geyt
• nit
• It doesn't work
• it
• work
• It isn't running smoothly
• It
• doesn't
• isn't
• run
• running
• smoothly

It doesn't work! It isn't running smoothly!




Es gefelt mir

• Es
• gefelt
• mir
• I like it
• like
• please smb.
• please
• It pleases me

I like it. (Lit., It pleases me.)




Es hot zich oysgelohzen a boydem

• Es hot zich oisgelohzen a boidem
• Es hot Sich oisgelohzen a boidem
• Es
• hot
• zich
• oysgelohzen
• oisgelohzen
• a boidem
• boydem
• boidem
• a boydem
• Nothing came of it
• Nothing
• came of
• came
• come of
• come
• it
• There's nothing up there but a small attic
• be up there
• up there
• up
• there
• but
• small