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

By Natalya Belinsky,
"Fluent English Educational Project"

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K'naidel

• k'naidlech
• Knaidel
• knaidlech
• matzoh balls
• matzoh ball
• matsoh balls
• matsoh ball
• Dumplings
• Dumpling
• k'naidlekh
• knaidlekh
• Knaiydleach
• Knaidleach
• Knaydleach
• Knaiydlech
• Knaidlech
• Knaydlech
• matzoh
• balls
• matsoh
• ball

Dumplings usually made of matzoh meal, cooked in soup; matzoh balls




K'vatsh

• Kvatsh
• Kvatch
• Kvach
• Boneless person
• Boneless
• person
• lacking character
• lacking
• character
• whiner
• weakling

Boneless person, one lacking character; a whiner, weakling



K'vitsh

• Kvitsh
• Kvitch
• Kvich
• Shriek
• scream
• screech

Shriek, scream, screech



Kabalah

• Kabbalah
• Kabala
• Kabbala
• acceptance
• Jewish mysticism
• Jewish
• mysticism

lit., acceptance: Jewish mysticism




Kaddish

• Kaddisch
• Kadish
• Kadisch
• mourner's prayer
• mourner
• prayer

mourner's prayer




Kale

• Kaleh
• Kalle
• Kalleh
• Bride

Bride




Kalleh moid

• Kaleh moid
• Kalle moid
• Kale moid
• girl of marriageable age
• girl
• marriageable age
• Kalleh
• moid
• moyd
• Kaleh
• Kalle
• Kale
• Kaleh moyd
• Kalle moyd
• Kale moyd
• Kalleh moyd
• marriageable
• age

A girl of marriageable age



Kallehniu

• Kalehniu
• Kalleniu
• Kaleniu
• Little bride
• Little
• bride

Little bride



Kalt

• Cold

Cold




Kapelye

• di Kapelye
• band
• Kapelie

band



Kapo

• head of a Judenrat
• head
• Judenrat

head of a Judenrat




Kass

• der Kass
• Kas
• der Kas
• anger

anger




Katchke

• Kachke
• Katshke
• duck
• nudnik
• talker
• chatterer
• gas-bag
• windbag
• chatterbox

duck; nudnik; talker, chatterer, gas-bag, windbag; chatterbox




Katshkedik

• Katchkedik
• Kachkedik
• Ducky
• swell
• pleasant

(Americanism) Ducky, swell, pleasant



Ke nignehore

• Ke
• nignehore
• Not tempt the evil eye
• Not tempt
• evil eye
• Not
• tempt
• evil
• eye

Not tempt the evil eye




Keler

• der Keler
• basement

basement


kemat

• kimat
• almost
• practically

almost, practically

kenen

• konen
• gekent
• gekont
• be able to
• be able
• know
• able

to be able to; to know (a skill or language); able

keyn

• kein
• kayn
• kain
• to
• a
• an
• any
• no
• nothing
• none
• not anything

1. (prep.) to 2. (negative article) a, an, any; no, nothing, none; not anything (used in negative sentences)





keyn mol nisht

• keyn mol nisht
• kein mol nisht
• kayn mol nisht
• kain mol nisht
• keyn mol nischt
• kein mol nischt
• kayn mol nischt
• kain mol nischt
• keyn
• kein
• kayn
• kain
• mol
• nisht
• nischt

never

Khemye

• Di khemye
• chemye
• Di chemye
• khemyeh
• Di khemyeh
• chemyeh
• Di chemyeh
• Chemistry

Chemistry



kheshbn

• kheshben
• cheshbn
• cheshben
• heshbn
• heshben
• kheschbn
• kheschben
• cheschbn
• cheschben
• heschbn
• heschben
• kheshboynes
• kheshboines
• cheshboynes
• cheshboines
• heshboynes
• heshboines
• kheschboynes
• kheschboines
• cheschboynes
• cheschboines
• heschboynes
• hescboines
• accounting
• bill
• calculation

accounting, bill, calculation

Kheyfets

• der Kheyfets
• Kheifets
• Kheyfetz
• Kheifetz
• khfeytsim
• khfeitsim
• khfeytzim
• khfeitzim
• thing
• article
• object

thing, article, object




Kheyrem

• der Kheyrem
• Kheirem
• ban

ban



Khezhbn-Firer

• der Khezhbn-Firer
• Khezhben-Firer
• der Khezhben-Firer
• Khezhbn
• Firer
• Khezhben
• Khezhbnfirer
• Khezhbenfirer
• accountant

accountant



Khidesh

• der Khidesh
• Khidesch
• khidushim
• khiduschim
• innovation
• novelty
• surprise
• astonishment

innovation, novelty, surprise, astonishment



khotsh

• khotsch
• chotsh
• chotsch
• although
• at least
• least

although; at least

Kibbutz

• kibbuts
• kibutz
• kibuts
• Israeli collective farm
• Israeli
• collective farm
• collective
• farm
• kibbutzim
• kibutzim
• kibbutsim
• kibutsim

Israeli collective farm




Kibitz

• Kibbitz
• chitchat
• Kibbits
• Kibits
• offer unsolicited advice as a spectator
• offer
• unsolicited advice
• unsolicited
• advice
• spectator

offer unsolicited advice as a spectator; chitchat



Kibitzer

• Kibitser
• Kibbitzer
• Kibbitser
• Meddlesome spectator
• Meddlesome
• spectator
• one who always jokes
• joke
• joker
• meddlesome jester
• jester

Meddlesome spectator; one who always jokes; meddlesome jester



kind

• Child

Child

Kind un kait

• Kind un kayt
• Kind un keit
• Kind un keyt
• Young and old
• Young
• and
• old
• Kind
• un
• kait
• kayt
• keit
• keyt

Young and old



Kinder

• Children

Children




Kinehora

• curse

A curse in reverse.
Explanation:
A colleague tells you with best intentions, "Looks like you're going to get a promotion, Jack." Kinehora! You quickly cover his mouth, for to utter such a thing is to ensure it will never happen.



kinstlekh

• artificial

artificial

Kinstler

• der Kinstler
• kinstlers
• artist

artist


kirtsung

• kirtzung
• abbreviation

abbreviation

Kishkes

• Kishkeh
• Kishke
• guts
• innards
• innard
• intestines
• stuffed derma
• stuffed
• derma
• gut
• intestine
• stuff
• kishkas
• kishka
• Kischkes
• kischkas
• kischka
• Kischkeh
• Kischke

guts, intestines, innards; stuffed derma (sausage shaped, stuffed with a mixture of flour, onions, salt, pepper and fat to keep it together, it is boiled, roasted and sliced)




Kishnev

• Kishinev
• Kischnev
• Kischinev
• city
• Back of beyond
• middle of nowhere
• boondocks
• boondock
• other side of the world

1) A city in Russia. 2) Any place so far away you don't know or care to know how to get there. 3) Back of beyond; middle of nowhere; boondocks; other side of the world





Klainer gornisht

• Klain gornisht
• Klayner gornisht
• Klayn gornisht
• Kleiner gornisht
• Klein gornisht
• Kleyner gornisht
• Kleyn gornisht
• klainer
• klain
• klayner
• klayn
• kleiner
• klein
• kleyner
• kleyn
• Little prig
• A little nothing
• Little
• prig
• little nothing
• nothing
• gornisht
• gornischt
• Klainer gornischt

Little prig (Lit., A little nothing)



Klayder

• di Klayder
• Klaider
• Kleyder
• Kleider
• attire

attire




Kleyn

• Klein
• Klayn
• Klain
• Klayner
• Klainer
• Kleyner
• Kleiner
• The little one
• little one
• little

The little one




Klezmer

• Kleizmer
• Klaizmer
• Klayzmer
• Klezmers
• Klezmorim
• Kleizmers
• Klaizmers
• Klaizmorim
• Kleizmorim
• musician

musician




Klor

• Clear

Clear




Klotz kasheh

• Foolish question
• fruitless question
• Foolish
• question
• fruitless
• Klotz kascheh
• Klots kasheh
• Klots kascheh
• Klutz kasheh
• Kluts kasheh
• Klootz kasheh
• Kloots kasheh
• Klotz kashe
• Klots kascheh
• Klots kascheh
• Klutz kascheh
• Kluts kascheh
• Klootz kascheh
• Kloots kascheh
• Klotz kasche
• Klots kashe
• Klots kasche
• Klutz kashe
• Kluts kashe
• Klootz kashe
• Kloots kashe
• Klots kasche
• Klots kasche
• Klutz kasche
• Kluts kasche
• Klootz kasche
• Kloots kasche
• Klotz
• Klots
• Klutz
• Kluts
• Klootz
• Kloots
• kasheh
• kascheh
• kashe
• kasche

Foolish question; fruitless question



Klutz

• Kluts
• Klotz
• Klots
• Klootz
• Kloots
• Ungraceful
• awkward
• clumsy person
• clumsy
• person
• bungler

Ungraceful, awkward, clumsy person; bungler (rhymes with "guts").
Commentary:
A person who trips over things, bumps into walls and has "two left feet." A klutz is a person who frequently trips on his own shoelaces, falls over furniture and manages to drip mustard on his/her lap with such regularity that it confounds the laws of probability. Klutz's, however, are not unloved because they are usually the victims of their own misdeeds.





Knaker

• Knacker
• K'naker