Everyday Yiddish-English-Yiddish Dictionary
(Starting with "S")
By
Natalya Belinsky,
"Fluent English Educational Project"
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Sarten
Cancer
say
... say
- say... say
- say
- both... and...
- both ... and
- both and
- both
- and
both... and...
say vi say
- say
- vi
- anyway
- in any case
- any case
- case
anyway, in any case
Schlaf
- shlaf
- schlafen
- shlafen
- sleep
sleep
Schlep
- Shlep
- Shleppen
- Schleppen
- Drag
- carry
- haul
- go unwillingly
- go unwantedly
- go
- unwillingly
- unwantedly
Drag, carry or haul, particularly unnecessary
things, parcels or baggage; go somewhere unwillingly
or unwantedly.
Commentary:
The word mans not merely to move an object,
but to accept a greater burden than any person
should be expected to.
Example:
Are you sure you should shlep yourself to the
mall to shop for Hanukkah presents, shlep the
load of presents to your car, then shlep them
into your house?
Schlepper
- Shlepper
- Schleper
- Shleper
- Sponger
- panhanddler
- hanger-on
- hanger
- dowdy female
- dowdy
- female
- gossipy woman
- gossipy
- woman
- free-loader
- freeloader
- free
- loader
Sponger, panhanddler, hanger-on; dowdy, gossipy
woman, free-loader
Schlockmeister
- Shlockmeister
- Schlokmeister
- Shlokmeister
- Schlockmaister
- Shlockmaister
- Schlokmaister
- Shlokmaister
- seller of shoddy goods
- seller
- shoddy goods
- shoddy
Someone who deals in shoddy goods.
Schlump
- Shlump
- Schloomp
- Shloomp
- Careless dresser
- stoop-shouldered
- Careless
- dresser
- untidy person
- slob
- untidy
- person
- person wearing his shirt partly out
- wearing his shirt partly out
- wearing
- shirt partly out
- wear
- shirt
- partly out
- partly
- out
- idle around
- lounge around
- idle
- lounge
- around
- flop
- stoop
- shouldered
- fool
Careless dresser, stoop-shouldered person, untidy
person; a person wearing his shirt partly out;
a slob; a person who is stupid, foolish, inept,
boring and/or poorly dressed; to idle or lounge
around; to flop
schmeeren
spread
Schmeichl
- shmeichl
- schmeichel
- shmeichel
- schmeikhl
- shmeikhl
- schmeikhel
- shmeikhel
- smile
- smooth-talk
- butter up
- smooth
- talk
- butter
- Schmaichl
- shmaichl
- schmaichel
- shmaichel
- schmaikhl
- shmaikhl
- schmaikhel
- shmaikhel
- Schmaychl
- shmaychl
- schmaychel
- shmaychel
- schmaykhl
- shmaykhl
- schmaykhel
- shmaykhel
- Schmeychl
- shmeychl
- schmeychel
- shmeychel
- schmeykhl
- shmeykhl
- schmeykhel
- shmeykhel
smile; smooth-talk; to butter up
Schmooze
- shmooze
- schmooz
- shmooz
- schmuz
- shmuz
- intimate chat
- persuade
- intimate
- chat
Idle talk, gossip, (intimate) chat; to persuade;
to have a lightweight conversation, not serious
in nature
Schmoozing
- Shmoozing
- Schmootzing
- Shmootzing
- Schmuzing
- Shmuzing
- Schmutzing
- Shmutzing
- Talking about nothing in particular
- Talking about nothing
- Talking about
- nothing in particular
- Talking
- about
- nothing
- in particular
- particular
- talk
Talking about nothing in particular
Schmuck
- Shmuck
- Asshole
- Schmuk
- Shmuk
- Schmoock
- Shmoock
- Schmook
- Shmook
- Ass-hole
- Ass
- hole
- fool
- jerk
Asshole; a contemptible or foolish person; a
jerk
Schmutzig
- Schmutsig
- Schmutzik
- Schmutsik
- Schmootzig
- Schmootsig
- Shmutzig
- Shmutsig
- Shmootzig
- Shmootsig
- Dirty
- soiled
- Shmutzik
- Shmutsik
- soil
Dirty, soiled
Schpeel
- Selling job
- Shpeel
- Schpil
- Shpil
- Selling
- job
"Selling job", e.g.: I had
to listen to his entire schpeel
Schpiel
- shpiel
- story
- sales pitch
- sales
- sale
- pitch
- schpil
- shpil
story; sales pitch
Seychel
- Seykhel
- Seichel
- Seikhel
- Reason
- common sense
- good sense
- tact
- diplomacy
- Saichel
- Saikhel
- Saychel
- Saykhel
- common
- sense
- good
Reason, common sense, good sense; tact, diplomacy
Sha
- keep quiet
- keep
- quiet
- hush
- Shah
- Scha
- Schah
Shh! Quiet! Hush! Please keep quiet.
Sha shtil
Be quiet
Shabes
- Schabes
- Saturday
- Shabbat
- Shabat
- Sabbath
- Sabath
Saturday; the Sabbath
Shadkhin
- Shadchin
- Shadchen
- Shadkhen
- Matchmaker
- marriage broker
- marriage
- broker
Matchmaker; marriage broker. (There is the professional
type who derives his living from it, but many
Jewish women used to engage in matchmaking without
compensation only from religious motives)
Shain vi di
zibben velten
- Shayn vi di zibben velten
- Shein vi di zibben velten
- Sheyn vi di zibben velten
- Beautiful as the seven worlds
- Beautiful
- very beautiful
- seven worlds
- seven
- worlds
- world
- Shain
- shayn
- sheyn
- shein
- vi
- di
- zibben
- velten
Beautiful as the seven worlds
Shaineh maidel
- Shaine maidel
- Shayneh maydel
- Shayne maydel
- Sheyneh maydel
- Sheyne maydel
- Sheineh maidel
- Sheine maidel
- Shaineh
- maidel
- Shayneh
- maydel
- Shaine
- Shayne
- pretty girl
- pretty
- girl
- Sheineh
- Sheine
- Sheyneh
- Sheyne
- shayna maideleh
- schayna maideleh
- Shaine maideleh
- Shayneh maydeleh
- Shayne maydeleh
- Sheyneh maydeleh
- Sheyne maydeleh
- Sheineh maideleh
- Sheine maideleh
- maydeleh
- meideleh
- meydeleh
- maidele
- maydele
- meidele
- meydele
- beautiful girl
- beautiful
- shaina
- shayna
- sheina
- sheyna
pretty, beautiful girl
Shainer gelechter
- Shayner gelechter
- Sheiner gelechter
- Sheyner gelechter
- Shaneh gelechter
- Hearty laugh
- Hearty
- laugh
- laughter
- Shainer
- Shayner
- Sheiner
- Sheyner
- Shaneh
- gelechter
- A Shayner gelechter
- A Sheiner gelechter
- A Sheyner gelechter
- A Shainer gelechter
- A Shaneh gelechter
- Shayner gelekhter
- Sheiner gelekhter
- Sheyner gelekhter
- Shaneh gelekhter
- Shainer gelekhter
- gelekhter
- A Shayner gelekhter
- A Sheiner gelekhter
- A Sheyner gelekhter
- A Shaneh gelekhter
- A Shainer gelekhter
Hearty laugh (sarcastically, Some laughter!)
Shainera menchen
haut me gelicht in drert
- Schainera menkhen haut me gelikht in drert
- They've buried nicer looking people than that
- buried
- bury
- nicer looking people
- nicer looking
- people
- nicer
- looking
- nice
- look
- Shainera
- Sheinera
- Scheinera
- Shaynera
- Schaynera
- Sheynera
- Scheynera
- Schainera
- menchen
- menkhen
- menshen
- mentshen
- mench
- menkh
- mensh
- mentsh
- haut
- me
- gelicht
- gelikht
- in
- drert
They've buried nicer looking people than that.
Shainkeit
- Sheinkeit
- Shaynkeyt
- Sheynkeyt
Beauty
Shalom
Peace (a watchword and a greeting)
Shalom aleichem
- shalom aleikhem
- shalom alaichem
- shalom alaikhem
- shalom aleychem
- shalom aleykhem
- shalom alaychem
- shalom alaykhem
- shalom aleikhem
- shalom alaichem
- shalom alaikhem
- shalom aleychem
- shalom aleykhem
- shalom
- aleichem
- shalom alaykhem
- sholom aleichem
- sholom aleikhem
- sholom alaichem
- sholom alaikhem
- sholom aleychem
- sholom aleykhem
- sholom alaychem
- sholom alaykhem
- aleikhem
- alaichem
- alaikhem
- aleychem
- aleykhem
- alaychem
- sholom
- aleichem shalom
- aleichem sholom
- alaichem shalom
- alaichem sholom
- peace to you
- peace
- hello
lit., peace to you; "Hello"
(response is "aleichem shalom")
Shalom bayit
- shalom bayt
- shalom bait
- sholom bayit
- sholom bayt
- sholom bait
- peace of the house
- domestic harmony
- shalom
- sholom
- bayit
- bait
- bayt
- beit
- beyt
- shalom beyt
- shalom beit
- sholom beyt
- sholom beit
- peace
- house
- domestic
- harmony
lit., peace of the house; domestic harmony
Shande
- Shandeh
- Shame
- shanda
- shandah
- schande
- Schandeh
- schanda
- schandah
- disgrace
- scandal
Shame, disgrace, scandal
Shenk
bar, pub, tavern
shefedik
abundant
shemevdik
shy, bashful
Sherer
- der Sherer
- Scherer
- barber
barber
sheyn
- shein
- shayn
- shain
- beautiful
- pretty
- nice
beautiful, pretty, nice
Sheyne
- Scheyne
- Shayna
- shaina
- sheina
- sheyna
- Sheine
- Sheineh
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