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

By Natalya Belinsky,
"Fluent English Educational Project"

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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
• 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

• hell
• Damn it
• curse
• 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

• brocheh
• blessing

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

• kappore
• catastrophe

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
• maidel
• mit
• a vayndel
• vayndel

A pony-tailed nymphet



A mensh on glik is a toyter mensh

• A mentsh on glik is a toyter mentsh
• mensh on glik is a toyter mensh
• mentsh on glik is a toyter mentsh
• An unlucky person is a dead person
• unlucky person is a dead person
• unlucky person
• unlucky
• person
• dead person
• dead
• A mensh
• mensh
• glik
• toyter
• mentsh
• a mentsh
• on

An unlucky person is a dead person



A mensh tracht und Gott lacht

• A mentsh trakht und Gott lakht
• mensh tracht und Gott lacht
• mentsh trakht und Gott lakht
• A person plans and God laughs
• person plans and God laughs
• A man proposes
• but God disposes
• man proposes
• but God disposes
• A mensh
• a mentsh
• mensh
• mentsh
• tracht
• trakht
• und
• Gott
• lakht
• lacht
• man
• person
• propose
• plan
• God
• dispose
• laugh

A person plans and God laughs; A man proposes, but God disposes



A metsieh far a ganef

• A metzieh far a ganef
• metsieh far a ganef
• metzieh far a ganef
• It's a steal
• a steal
• steal
• A metsieh
• a metzieh
• metsieh
• metzieh
• far
• a ganef
• ganef
• A bargain for a thief
• bargain for a thief
• bargain
• thief

It's a steal (Lit., A bargain for a thief.)



A nahr bleibt a nahr

• A fool remains a fool
• nahr bleibt a nahr
• fool remains a fool
• nahr
• bleibt
• a nahr
• fool
• remain

A fool remains a fool



A nechtiker tog

• nechtiker tog
• Forget it
• Nonsense
• nechtiker
• tog
• forget
• gone
• day
• night
• yesterday

He's (it's) gone! Forget it! Nonsense! (Lit., "A day that's a night", a yesterday's day)



A nishtikeit

• nishtikeit
• nobody

nobody



A piste kayleh

• piste kayleh
• shallow person
• empty barrel
• piste
• kayleh
• shallow
• person
• empty
• barrel

a shallow person; an empty barrel



A ritch in kop

• ritch in kop
• Crazy
• nuts
• A ritch
• ritch
• in
• kop
• a kop
• be nuts
• nut

Crazy; (is) nuts



A schwartz yor

• A schvarts yor
• A schvartz yor
• schvarts yor
• schvartz yor
• A shvarts yor
• A shvartz yor
• shvarts yor
• shvartz yor
• shvarts
• shvartz
• schvarts
• schvartz
• A schwarts yor
• schwartz yor
• schwarts yor
• Bad luck
• black year
• schwartz
• schwarts
• yor
• Bad
• luck
• a black year
• black
• year
• schwartzen
• schwartsen
• miserable year
• miserable

Bad luck; a miserable year. (Lit., A black year)



A schwartzen sof

• A schwartsen sof
• schwartzen sof
• schwartsen sof
• bad end
• schwartzen
• schwartsen
• schwartz
• schwarts
• sof
• A bad end
• bad
• end

A bad end



A shandeh un a charpeh

• A shandeh un a kharpeh
• shandeh un a charpeh
• shandeh un a kharpeh
• shame and disgrace
• shame
• disgrace
• A shandeh
• shandeh
• un
• a charpeh
• a kharpeh
• charpeh
• kharpeh

shame and disgrace



A sheynem dank

• A shaynem dank dir im pupik
• shaynem dank dir im pupik
• A shaynem dank dir im pupick
• shaynem dank dir im pupick
• A sheinem dank
• A shaynem dank
• shaynem dank
• A shainem dank
• shainem dank
• shaynem
• shainem
• Thank you very much
• Many thanks
• sheynem
• sheinem
• dank
• Thank you
• very much
• Thank
• thanks
• very much
• Many thanks
• many
• in your belly button
• belly button
• belly
• button
• many
• very
• much
• pupik
• pupick
• scheynem
• scheinem
• schaynem
• schainem

Thank you very much; Many thanks (in your belly button)





A shittern mogn

• shittern mogn
• Loose bowel movement
• Loose
• bowel movement
• bowel
• movement
• shittern
• mogn

Loose bowel movement



A shtik naches

• A shtik nakhes
• shtik naches
• shtik nakhes
• great joy
• great
• joy
• shtik
• naches
• nakhes

great joy



A shtyfer mogn

• A shtifer mogn
• shtyfer mogn
• shtifer mogn
• Constipated
• shtyfer
• mogn
• shtifer
• Constipate

Constipated



A sof

• A sof! A sof!
• A sof!
• sof
• end it
• end

Let's end it! End it!



A tuches un a halb

• A tukhes un a halb
• tuches un a halb
• tukhes un a halb
• A backside and a half
• backside and a half
• A tuches
• A tukhes
• tuches
• tukhes
• un
• a halb
• halb
• large backside
• backside
• large
• half

A person with a very large backside. (Lit., A backside and a half.)


a Vayle

• Vaile
• Veyle
• Veile
• awhile

awhile

A volf farlirt zayne hor

• ober nit zayn natur
• volf farlirt zayne hor
• ober nit zayn natur
• A wolf loses his hair but not his nature
• A leopard cannot change his spots
• A volf farlirt zayne hor
• ober nit zayn natur
• volf farlirt zayne hor
• a volf
• volf
• farlirt
• zayne
• hor
• ober
• nit
• zayn
• natur
• wolf loses his hair but not his nature
• leopard cannot change his spots
• wolf
• lose
• hair
• nature
• leopard
• cannot
• change
• spot

A wolf loses his hair but not his nature; A leopard cannot change his spots



A yung mit bainer

• yung mit bainer
• powerhouse
• strongly built person
• A yung
• yung
• mit
• bainer
• strongly
• build
• built
• person

A powerhouse; a strongly built person



Abi gezunt

• As long as you're healthy
• As long as
• healthy
• long
• Abi
• gezunt

As long as you're healthy!


abi

• at least
• if only
• if nothing else
• any
• least
• only
• nothing else
• nothing
• else

1. (conj.) at least, if only, if nothing else; 2. (adj.) any




abi gezunt

• abi gezund
• abi
• gezund
• gezunt
• as long as there's health
• as long as
• as
• as... as
• health

As long as there's health!




abi velkher

• abi velkher
• abi
• velkher
• velcher
• any
• whatever

any, whatever




abi ver

• abi
• ver
• anybody
• anyone

anybody, anyone




abi vos

• abi
• vos
• anything

anything




abi vu

• abi
• vu
• in any way
• any way
• any
• way
• anyhow
• carelessly

(in) any way, anyhow, carelessly

absolut

• absolute

absolute



abstraktsye

• abstraktzye
• abstraktsie
• abstraktzie
• abstrakzye
• abstrakzie
• abstraction

abstraction




absurd

• absurdity

absurdity

Achet

• Akhet
• Eight

Eight




Achrahyes

• Akhrahyes
• Responsibility
• responsible

Responsibility; responsible



Achter

• Akhter
• Eighth

Eighth



adurkhlebn

• adurkhleben
• live through
• live
• through

to live through




adurkhtsufirn

• adurkhtsufiren
• adurchtsufirn
• adurchtsufiren
• adurkhtzufirn
• adurkhtzufiren
• adurkhzufirn
• adurkhzufiren
• adurchtzufirn
• adurchtzufiren
• adurchzufirn
• adurchzufiren
• adurhtsufirn
• adurhtsufiren
• adurhtzufirn
• adurhtzufiren
• adurhzufirn
• adurhzufiren
• accomplish

accomplish

Adres

• der Adres
• address

address




Advokat

• der Advokat
• Advokatn
• Advokaten
• lawyer
• attorney

lawyer, attorney


adye

• adie
• adieu
• bye-bye
• bye

adieu; bye-bye; bye

Aeroplan

• Aeroplanen
• der Aeroplan
• airplane

airplane


afn

• af dem
• oyf dem
• oif dem
• af
• oyf
• oif
• dem
• on

(abbr. of "af dem" = "oyf dem") on (the...)

Afn gonif brennt das hittel

• Afn
• He thinks everyone knows he committed a crime
• a thief's hat burns
• thief's hat burns
• everyone knows he committed a crime
• everyone
• knows
• committed
• commit
• crime
• thief
• hat
• burn
• gonif
• brennt
• das
• hittel

He thinks everyone knows he committed a crime; a thief's hat burns



Agune

• Die Agune
• Di Agune
• Abandoned wife
• Abandoned
• Wife
• abandon

Abandoned wife




Ahf mir gezogt

• I wish it could be said about me
• wish
• it
• could be said
• could
• can
• be said
• said
• say
• about
• Ahf
• mir
• gezogt

I wish it could be said about me!



Ahf tsores

• Ahf tzores
• In trouble
• trouble
• Ahf
• tsores
• tzores

In trouble



Ahf zu lochis

• Ahf zu lokhis
• Ahf tzu lochis
• Ahf tzu lokhis
• Ahf tsu lochis
• Ahf tsu lokhis
• Spitefully
• get angry
• get
• angry
• Ahf
• zu
• tzu
• tsu
• lochis
• lokhis

Spitefully. (Lit: Just to get (someone) angry.)



Ahftseloches

• aftseloches
• ahftselokhes
• aftselokhes
• ahftzeloches
• aftzeloches
• ahftzelokhes
• aftzelokhes
• ahfzeloches
• afzeloches
• ahfzelokhes
• afzelokhes
• bad luck
• inevitable bad luck
• inevitable
• bad
• luck

Inevitable bad luck (the result of a "kinehora" - see).
Illustration:
The boss calls you in to tell you of your promotion and you have a piece of spinach lodged between your front teeth. "Aftseloches", you think. "Something like this had to happen!"






Ahntoisht

• Disappointed
• Disappoint

Disappointed



Ahzes ponim

• Impudent fellow
• Impudent
• fellow
• Ahzes
• ponim
• Ahzes punim
• punim

Impudent fellow



Aidel

• Aydel
• eidel
• eydel
• Cultured
• finicky
• courteous
• refined

Cultured; finicky; courteous, refined




Aidel gepotchket

• Aidel gepotkhket
• Aydel gepotchket
• eidel gepotchket
• eydel gepotchket
• Aydel
• eydel
• eidel
• Delicately brought up
• Delicately
• brought up
• brought
• bring up
• bring
• Aidel
• gepotchket
• gepotkhket

Delicately brought up



Aidim

• Aydem
• Aidem
• Aydim
• Aydim
• eidim
• eydim
• Aydem
• eidem
• eydem
• Son-in-law
• Son
• law

Son-in-law



Ainikle

• Grandchild
• Ainikleh
• Aynikle
• Aynikleh
• einikle
• einikleh
• eynikle
• eynikleh

Grandchild



Aitzeh

• Advice
• Aitze
• Aytzeh
• Aytze
• eitzeh
• eitze
• eytzeh
• eytze
• Aitseh
• Aitse
• Aytseh
• Aytse
• eitseh
• eitse
• eytseh
• eytse

Advice



Aiver butelt

• Absent-minded
• mixed up
• Absentminded
• mixed
• Absent
• minded
• mind
• mix up
• mix
• Aiver
• butelt
• Ayver butelt
• eiver butelt
• eyver butelt
• Ayver
• eiver
• eyver

Absent-minded; mixed up


akademish

• akademisch

academic




akademye

• akademie
• academy

academy

akegn

• akegen
• akeghen
• against

against

Akhtseter

• Achtseter
• Akhtzeter
• Achtzeter
• Eighteenth

Eighteenth




Akhtsik

• Achtsik
• Akhtzik
• Achtzik
• Akhtsick
• Achtsick
• Akhtzick
• Achtzick
• Eighty

Eighty




Akhtsikster

• Achtsikster
• Akhtzikster
• Achtzikster
• Eightieth

Eightieth




Akhtsn

• Akhtsen
• Akhtzn
• Akhtzen
• Achtsn
• Achtsen
• Achtzn
• Achtzen
• Eighteen

Eighteen



akrobatik

• acrobatics

acrobatics




akt

• act
• deed

act, deed




aktiv

• active

active




aktivitet

• activity

activity




aktsent

• aktzent
• akzent
• accent

accent (in speech)

Aktrise

• actress
• di Aktrise

actress




Aktyor

• der Aktyor
• Aktior
• der Aktior
• actor

actor




Alaichem sholom

• Aleichem sholom
• Alaichem shalom
• Alaikhem sholom
• Aleikhem sholom
• Aleichem shalom
• Alaikhem shalom
• Aleikhem shalom
• To you be peace
• peace
• Alaichem
• Alaikhem
• Aleichem
• Aleikhem
• sholom
• shalom
• sholem
• Shalom aleichem
• Shalom aleikhem
• Shalom alaichem
• Shalom alaikhem
• Sholom aleichem
• Sholom aleikhem
• Sholom alaichem
• Sholom alaikhem
• Sholem aleykham
• Sholem aleikham
• Sholem aleycham
• Sholem aleicham
• Aleykhem sholem
• Aleykham sholem
• Aleycham sholem
• Aleychem sholem
• Alaikhem sholem
• Alaikham sholem
• Alaicham sholem
• Alaichem sholem

To you be peace. Used in response to the the greeting Shalom aleichem.

Ale montik un donershtik

• Every Monday and Thursday
• every time you turn around
• every time one turns around
• Ale
• montik
• un
• donershtik
• Every
• Monday
• and
• Thursday
• every time
• time
• turn around

Every Monday and Thursday; every time you turn around


ale

• all
• every
• everyone

all; every(one)



ale vayle

• ale
• vayle
• ale vaile
• vaile
• ale veyle
• veyle
• ale veile
• veile
• all the while
• all
• while

all the while




alemol

• ale
• ale mol
• mol
• all the time
• all
• time
• always

all the time; always



aleyn

• alein
• alone

alone

Alef-bais

• Alphabet
• Alef
• bais

Alphabet; the first two letters of the Jewish alphabet



Alergye

• di Alergye
• Alergy
• di Alergy
• Alergie
• di Alergie
• Alergi
• di Alergi
• Allergy

allergy




Alevei

• Halevei
• Alevai
• Alivay
• Alivai
• It should happen to me
• It should only happen
• It should happen to you
• It should happen to
• It
• should
• happen to
• happen
• If only
• Halevai
• Halevay
• Halevey
• If
• only
• ha-levai
• ha-levay
• ha-levei
• ha-levey

It should happen to me (to you)! It should only happen! If only!..
Commentary:
A seemingly hopeful exclamation which is actually an admission of hopelessness.





Alle ziben glicken

• Alle
• ziben
• glicken
• Not what it's cracked up to be
• all seven lucky things
• cracked up
• cracked
• crack up
• crack
• all
• seven lucky things
• lucky
• things
• thing

Not what it's cracked up to be; all 7 lucky things



Alles in einem is nisht do bei keine

• All in one person is to be found in no one
• All in one is to be found in no one
• All in one
• all
• one
• found
• find
• no one
• no
• one
• Alles
• in
• einem
• is
• nisht
• do
• bei
• keine

All in one (person) is to be found in no one



Alrightnik

• One who succeeded
• succeed
• successful
• success

One who has succeeded



Alrightnikeh

• Alrightnik
• success
• succeed
• successful

Feminine form of "alrightnik"



alteh machashaifeh

• old witch
• old
• witch
• An alteh machashaifeh
• alteh
• machashaifeh

An old witch

Alteh moid

• Alteh
• moid
• Spinster
• old maid
• old
• maid

Spinster, old maid

alter bakahnter

• old acquaintance
• old
• acquaintance
• An alter bakahnter
• alter
• bakahnter

An old acquaintance



alter trombenick

• old bum
• old
• bum
• An alter trombenick
• alter
• trombenick

An old bum

Alter Kocker

• Alter Kucker
• Alter kakher
• Alter kacher
• kakher
• kacher
• Alter
• Kocker
• Kucker
• lecherous old man
• lecherous
• old man
• old
• man
• old fart
• fart

A (lecherous) old man; old fart



Alter bocher

• Alter bokher
• Bachelor
• Alter
• bocher
• bokher

Bachelor



Alter bok

• Old goat
• Old
• goat
• Alter
• bok

Old goat


alts

• altz
• alz
• all
• everything

all, everything

Ambitsye

• di Ambitsye
• Ambitzye
• di Ambitzye
• Ambizye
• di Ambizye
• Ambitsie
• di Ambitsie
• Ambitzie
• di Ambitzie
• Ambizie
• di Ambizie
• Ambition
• ambitious

ambition, ambitious





Ambulans

• der Ambulans
• Ambulance

ambulance




Amerikanish

• Amerikanisch
• American

American




Amerike

• di Amerike
• America

America



ander

• other
• another

other; another



andersh

• andersch
• differently
• different

different(ly)

Antibiotik

• der Antibiotik
• antibiotic

antibiotic



antik

• der Antik
• an Antik
• Antikn
• Antiken
• ancient
• antique
• rarirty
• precious
• exquisite

1. (adj.) ancient, antique; 2. (n.) antique, rarirty (pl. - Antikn); 3. (phrase - An Antik) something precious, exquisite

Aparat

• der Aparat
• apparatus

apparatus



apelirn

• apeliren
• appeal

to appeal

Apetit

• der Apetit
• appetite

appetite




Apikoros

• unbeliever
• skeptic
• athiest

An unbeliever, a skeptic, an athiest



Aprikos

• der Aprikos
• apricot

apricot




April

• der April

April

araynlozn

• araynlozen
• arainlozn
• arainlozen
• areynlozn
• areynlozen
• areinlozn
• areinlozen
• admit
• allow in
• allow

admit; allow in

Arbit

• Work

Work



Arein

• Arain
• Come in
• come

Come in


arestirn

• arestiren
• arrest

to arrest



ariber

• above
• over
• across

above, over, across

Arkhitekt

• der Arkhitekt
• Arkhitektn
• Arkhitekten
• architect

architect




Armey

• di Armey
• army

army



Aroisgevorfen

• Thrown out
• Throw out
• Thrown
• Throw
• wasted
• waste
• wasted opportunities
• wasted opportunity
• waste
• opportunities
• opportunity

Thrown out, wasted; wasted opportunities



Aroisgevorfene gelt

• Thrown out money
• Thrown out
• Thrown
• Throw out
• Throw
• money
• wasted money
• wasted
• waste
• Aroisgevorfene
• gelt

Thrown out money; wasted money



Arterye

• di Arterye
• Arterie
• di Arterie
• artery

(anat.) artery



arum

• around

around

Arumgeflickt

• Arumgeflikt
• Plucked
• Milked
• Pluck
• Milk

Plucked! Milked!



Arumloifer

• Street urchin
• Street
• urchin
• person who runs around
• run around
• run
• around

Street urchin; person who runs around



Arye

• Arie
• Leo

Leo




Ashtetsl

• dos Ashtetsl
• Acshtetsl
• Ashtetzl
• Aschtetzl
• Ashtetsel
• Acshtetsel
• Ashtetzel
• Aschtetzel
• ashtetslekh
• ashtray
• aschtetslekh
• ashtetzlekh
• aschtetzlekh
• ash-tray

ashtray



Aspirin

• di Aspirin

Aspirin




Atom

• der Atom
• atomen

atom



Atomishe Bombe

• der Atomishe Bombe
• Atomische Bombe
• Atomishe
• Bombe
• Atomische
• atomic bomb
• atomic
• bomb

atomic bomb



avek

• away

away (from a place)




avekvaren

• abandon

to abandon



ayndordenen

• aindordenen
• eyndordenen
• eindordenen
• arrange

arrange

Ayn klaynigkeit

• Ain klainigkeit
• sure
• Ayn
• klaynigkeit
• Ain
• klainigkeit
• Eyn kleynigkeit
• ein kleinigkeit
• eyn
• ein
• Ayn kleynigkait
• ain kleinigkait
• Eyn kleynigkait
• ein kleinigkait
• Ayn kleynigkayt
• ain kleinigkayt
• Eyn kleynigkayt
• ein kleinigkayt
• Ayn kleynigkeyt
• ain kleinigkeyt
• Eyn kleynigkeyt
• ein kleinigkeyt
• kleynigkait
• kleinigkait
• kleynigkait
• kleinigkait
• kleynigkayt
• kleinigkayt
• kleynigkayt
• kleinigkayt
• kleynigkeyt
• kleinigkeyt
• kleynigkeyt
• kleinigkeyt

Ya, sure! (Very derogatory)



Az a yor ahf mir

• I should have such good luck
• should
• such
• good luck
• good
• luck
• Az a yor ahf mir
• Az
• a
• yor
• ahf
• mir

I should have such good luck.



Az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde

• Az di bobe volt gehat beitsim volt zi geven main zeide
• Az di bobe volt gehat beitzim volt zi geven mein zeide
• If my grandmother had testicles she would be my grandfather
• If
• grandmother
• testicles
• testicle
• would
• grandfather
• Az
• di
• bobe
• volt
• gehat
• beitsim
• beytsim
• beitzim
• beytzim
• volt
• zi
• geven
• main
• mein
• zeide
• zeyde
• be
• my

If my grandmother had testicles she would be my grandfather.



Az mir vill schlugen a hunt

• gifintmin a schtecken
• If one wants to beat a dog
• one finds a stick
• If
• one
• want
• beat
• dog
• find
• stick
• Az
• mir
• vill s
• chlugen
• a hunt
• hunt
• gifintmin
• a schtecken
• schtecken

If one wants to beat a dog, one finds a stick.



Az och un vai

• Az och un vay
• Az och un vei
• Az och un vey
• Tough luck
• Too bad
• Misfortune
• Az
• och
• un
• vai
• vay
• vei
• vey
• bad
• tough

Tough luck! Too bad! Misfortune!



Azoy gait es

• Azoi geit es
• That's how it goes
• That
• how
• it
• go
• Azoy
• azoi
• gait
• geit
• gayt
• geyt
• es

That's how it goes!



Azoy geyt dos

• Azoi geit dos
• That's how it goes
• That's how
• it
• goes
• That's
• how
• it goes
• That
• go
• Azoy gayt dos
• Azoi gait dos
• Azoy
• gait
• geyt
• geit
• gayt
• dos

That's how it goes




Azoy gich?

• Azoi gikh?
• Azoy gich
• Azoi gikh
• So soon?
• So soon
• So
• soon
• Azoy
• azoi
• gich
• gikh

So soon?



Azoy vert dos kichel tzekrochen

• Azoi vert dos kikhel tsekrokhen
• That's how the cookie crumbles
• That
• how
• cookie
• crumble
• Azoy
• azoi
• vert
• dos
• kichel
• kikhel
• tzekrochen
• tzekrokhen
• tsekrochen
• tsekrokhen

That's how the cookie crumbles!


azoy vi

• azoi vi
• azoy
• vi
• azoi
• as
• in the same way
• as well as
• similarly
• likewise
• by the same token

as; in the same way; as well as; similarly; likewise; by the same token

Azoy?

• Azoi?
• Azoy
• Azoi
• Really

Really?

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