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

By Natalya Belinsky,
"Fluent English Educational Project"

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Ta'am

• Tam
• Taam
• Taste
• flavor
• atmosphere
• good taste
• good

Taste, flavor, atmosphere; good taste




Tachlis

• takhlis
• tachles
• takhles
• tahlis
• tahles
• essence
• substance
• worth
• basics
• basic
• brass tacks
• brass tack
• brass
• tacks
• tack

essence, substance; worth; basics, "brass tacks"




Tahkeh

• takkah
• tackah
• Really
• Certainly
• so

Really! Is that so? Certainly!



Tahkeh a metsieh

• Takkah a metsieh
• Tackah a metsieh
• Tahkeh a metzieh
• Takkah a metzieh
• Tackah a metzieh
• Really a bargain
• Really
• bargain
• Tahkeh
• takkah
• tackah
• metsieh
• metzieh
• a metsieh
• a metzieh

Really a bargain! (Usually said with sarcasm)



Tale

• Taleh
• Aries

Aries




Tanta

• Tante
• Tanteh
• Aunt

Aunt




Tash

• di Tash
• Tasch
• bag
• pocketbook
• purse

bag, pocketbook, purse



tate

• tates
• Tateh
• Tatteh
• tatteleh
• tateleh
• tatinka
• Tatenui
• Tattenui
• tatteniu
• Tatte
• father

father; Tatenui - Father dear (the suffix "-niu" in Yiddish is added for endearing intimacy; also, God is addressed this way by the pious; Tateniu-Foter means God, our Father)

Tateh-mameh

• Tate-mame
• Tateh
• mameh
• Tate
• mame
• tates
• Tatteh
• tatteleh
• tateleh
• tatinka
• Tatenui
• Tattenui
• tatteniu
• Tates-mames
• mames
• Tatteh-mameh
• Tatte-mame
• Parents
• Parent
• Tatte

Parents



Tateniu-Foter

• Tatteniu-Foter
• Tateniu
• Tatteniu
• Foter
• God
• our Father
• God
• our Father
• Father

God, our Father

tayen

• taien
• teyen
• teien
• conceal

to conceal




tayer

• taier
• teyer
• teier
• adorable
• expensive
• dear

adorable; expensive; dear




taynen

• tainen
• teynen
• teinen
• argue

to argue

Tayneg

• Taineg
• Teyneg
• Teineg
• Taynugim
• Tainugim
• Teynugim
• Teinugim
• pleasure
• delight

pleasure, delight



tetik

• active

active




tetikeyt

• tetikeit
• tetikayt
• tetikait

activity

Teyg

• dos Teyg
• Teig
• dough
• batter

dough, batter




Toches

• Tokhes
• Tokhis
• Tochis
• Buttocks
• behind
• fanny
• ass
• Buttock
• bottom

Buttocks, behind, fanny, ass, bottom



Toches-lecker

• Tochus Leker
• Tokhus Leker
• Toches-leker
• Tokhes-lecker
• Tokhes-leker
• Tokhis-lecker
• Tokhis-leker
• Tochis-lecker
• Tochis-leker
• Tokhis
• lecker
• Tochis
• leker
• Toches
• Tokhes
• Brown-noser
• apple-polisher
• ass-kisser
• ass
• kisser
• Tochus
• Tokhus

Brown-noser, apple-polisher, ass-kisser



Tochter

• Tokhter
• Daughter
• Tachters
• Tachter
• Takhters
• Takhter
• the one that always calls
• one that always calls
• always calls
• always
• calls
• call

Daughter; the one that always calls





Tokhis oyfin tish

• Toches ahfen tish
• Tokhes ahfen tish
• tukhes oyfn tisch
• tuches oyfn tisch
• tokhes oyfn tisch
• toches oyfn tisch
• Toches
• tokhes
• ahfen
• tish
• Tochis oyfin tish
• Tokhis oifin tish
• Tochis oifin tish
• Put up or shut up
• Put up
• shut up
• Tokhis
• Tochis
• oyfin
• oifin
• tish
• Put
• shut
• Let's conclude this
• Asses on the table
• Asses
• table
• ass
• conclude
• tukhes
• tuches
• tokhes
• tukhes oyfn tish
• tuches oyfn tish
• tokhes oyfn tish
• toches oyfn tish
• toches oyfn tish
• oyfn
• oifn
• tukhes oifn tisch
• tuches oifn tisch
• tokhes oifn tisch
• toches oifn tisch
• Let's get down to brass tacks
• Let's cut the crap
• get down to brass tacks
• cut the crap
• get down
• brass tacks
• brass tack
• cut
• crap

Put up or shut up! Let's conclude this! Let's get down to brass tacks! Let's cut the crap! (This literally means "ass on the table". It's not as offensive as it may sound, but it's mostly used among members of the same sex.)




tomed

• tomid
• always

always

Tomen

• Gemini

Gemini




toygn

• toign
• toygen
• toigen
• toyghen
• toighen
• be fit
• fit
• be good
• good
• be right
• right
• be adequate
• adequate

to be fit (for smth.), to be good (for smth.), to be right (for smth.); to be adequate



Toomel

• Tumel
• Confusion
• noise
• uproar
• noisy chaos
• noisy
• chaos

Confusion, noise, uproar; noisy chaos




Toyve

• Toive
• favor
• kindness

favor, kindness




Toyznt

• Toyzent
• Toiznt
• Toizent
• Thousand

Thousand




Toyzntster

• Toyentster
• Toizntster
• Toizentster
• Toyzntzter
• Toyentzter
• Toizntzter
• Toizentzter
• Thousandth

Thousandth



Traif

• Trayf
• Treif
• Forbidden food
• Forbidden
• food
• impure
• non-kosher
• Forbid

Forbidden food, impure, contrary to the Jewish dietary laws, non-kosher




Traifeneh bicher

• Trayfeneh bicher
• Treifeneh bicher
• Traifeneh bikher
• Trayfeneh bikher
• Treifeneh bikher
• Traifene bicher
• Trayfene bicher
• Treifene bicher
• Traifene bikher
• Trayfene bikher
• Treifene bikher
• Trayfeneh bicher
• Treifeneh bicher
• Traifeneh bikher
• Trayfeneh bikher
• Forbidden literature
• non-kosher reading
• Forbidden
• literature
• non-kosher
• reading
• Traifeneh
• Trayfeneh
• Treifeneh
• Treifene
• Traifene
• Trayfene
• bicher
• bikher
• kosher

Forbidden literature; non-kosher reading




Traifener bain

• Trayfener bayn
• Treifener bein
• Traifener
• bain
• Trayfener
• bayn
• Treifener
• bein
• Jew who does not abide by Jewish law
• non-kosher
• kosher
• Jew
• who does not abide by Jewish law
• not abide by Jewish law
• not abide
• Jewish law
• not
• abide
• Jewish
• law

Jew who does not abide by Jewish law; non-kosher (derisive, scornful expression)



Traifnyak

• Trayfnyak
• Treifnyak
• Despicable person
• one who eats non-kosher food
• Despicable
• person
• eat
• non-kosher food
• non-kosher
• food
• non-kosher person
• kosher

Despicable person; one who eats non-kosher food



Trikn

• Triken
• Dry
• Tricken

Dry




Trop

• der Trop
• Accent
• Stress

accent (stress)




Tsaddik

• Tsadik
• Tzaddik
• Tzadik
• zaddik
• zadik
• Pious person
• righteous person
• Pious
• righteous
• person

Pious, righteous person



Tsatske

• Tsatskeh
• zazke
• zazkeh
• gadget
• knickknack
• special woman
• Doll
• plaything
• cute
• overdressed woman
• sexy girl
• Tzatzke
• Tzatzkeh
• special
• woman
• overdressed
• overdress
• sexy
• girl

Doll, plaything; something cute; an overdressed woman; a sexy girl; gadget, knickknack; a special woman




Tsatskeleh

• Tsatskele
• Tzatzkeleh
• Tzatzkele
• zatzkeleh
• zatzkele
• bimbo

bimbo




Tsatskeleh der mamehs

• Tsatskeleh der mameh
• Mother's favorite
• Mother's pet
• Mother's
• favorite
• Mother
• pet
• Tsatskele der mames
• Tsatskele der mame
• Tzatzkeleh der mamehs
• Tzatzkeleh der mameh
• Tzatzkele der mames
• Tzatzkele der mame
• Tsatskeleh der mameh
• Tsatskele der mames
• Tsatskeleh der mameh
• Tsatskele der mames
• Tsatskeleh
• mameh
• mamehs
• mames
• Tsatskele
• der
• mame
• Tzatzkeleh
• Tzatzkele
• zazkeleh
• zazkele
• zazkeleh der mamehs
• zazkeleh der mameh
• zazkele der mames
• zazkele der mame

Mother's favorite! Mother's pet!



Tsedoke

• Tsedokeh
• Tzedoke
• Tzedokeh
• zedoke
• zedokeh
• philantrophy
• charity
• benevolence

Spirit of philantrophy; charity, benevolence




Tsedraiter kop

• Tsedrayter kop
• Tsedreiter kop
• Tsedreyter kop
• Tzedraiter kop
• Tzedrayter kop
• Tzedreiter kop
• Tzedreyter kop
• kop
• Tsedraiter
• Tsedrayter
• Tsedreiter
• Tsedreyter
• Tzedraiter
• Tzedrayter
• Tzedreiter
• Tzedreyter
• zedraiter kop
• zedrayter kop