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
• attic
• Sich
• Es hot Sich oysgelohzen a boydem

Nothing came of it! (Lit., There's nothing up there but a small attic.)




Es iz a shandeh far di kinder

• Es iz a schandeh far di kinder
• Es iz a shande far di kinder
• Es iz a schande far di kinder
• Es
• iz
• a shandeh
• a shande
• a schandeh
• a schande
• shandeh
• shande
• schandeh
• schande
• far
• kinder
• It's a shame for the children
• shame
• children

It's a shame for the children!




Es iz shpet

• Es iz schpet
• Es iz tsu shpet
• Es iz tsu schpet
• Es iz tzu shpet
• Es iz tzu schpet
• Es
• iz
• tzu
• tsu
• shpet
• schpet
• It is too late
• It is late
• too late
• too
• late

It is (too) late




Es ken gemolt zein

• Es ken gemolt zain
• Es
• ken
• gemolt
• zain
• zein
• It is conceivable
• It is imaginable
• It is
• conceivable
• imaginable

It is conceivable. It is imaginable.




Es macht mir nit oys

• Es macht mir nit ois
• Es makht mir nit oys
• Es makht mir nit ois
• Es
• makht
• macht
• mir
• nit
• ois
• oys
• It doesn't matter to me
• It
• It doesn't matter
• matter
• matter to
• me

It doesn't matter to me




Es past nit

• Es
• past
• nit
• It is not becoming
• It is not fitting
• become
• fit
• fitting

It is not becoming. It is not fitting.




Es tut mir a groisseh hanoeh

• Es tut mir a groisse hanoe
• Es tut mir a groiseh hanoeh
• Es tut mir a groise hanoe
• Es tut mir a groysseh hanoeh
• Es tut mir a groysse hanoe
• Es tut mir a groyseh hanoeh
• Es tut mir a groyse hanoe
• Es
• tut
• mir
• groisseh
• groisse
• groiseh
• groise
• groysseh
• groysse
• groyseh
• groyse
• hanoeh
• hanoe
• It gives me great pleasure
• It
• gives
• give me
• give
• great pleasure
• great
• pleasure

It gives me great pleasure! (Often said sarcastically)




Es tut mir bahng

• Es tut mir bang
• Es
• tut
• mir
• bang
• bahng
• I'm sorry
• be sorry
• sorry
• sorrow
• It sorrows me

I'm sorry. (Lit., It sorrows me)




Es tut mir vai

• Es tut mir vay
• Es tut mir vei
• Es tut mir vey
• Es
• tut
• mir
• vay
• vey
• vei
• vai
• It hurts me
• It
• hurt

It hurts me




Es vert mir finster in di oygen

• Es vert mir finster in di oigen
• Es
• vert
• mir
• finster
• oigen
• oygen
• response to
• receiving
• upsetting
• information
• It's getting dark in my eyes
• gett dark
• get
• dark
• eye
• eyes

A response to receiving extremely upsetting information or news. (Lit., It's getting dark in my eyes.)




Es vet gornit helfen

• Es
• vet
• gornit
• helfen
• Nothing
• help

Nothing will help!




Es vet helfen vi a toiten bahnkes

• Es vet helfen vi a toyten bahnkes
• Es vet helfen vi a toiten bankes
• Es vet helfen vi a toyten bankes
• Es
• vet
• helfen
• vi
• toyten
• toiten
• bankes
• bahnkes
• It won't help
• help
• like
• blood-cupping
• bloodcupping
• blood
• cupping
• blood-cup
• bloodcup
• cup
• dead body
• dead
• body
• It will help like blood-cupping on a dead body

It won't help! (Lit., It will help like blood-cupping on a dead body.)




Ess

• bench
• sei a mensch
• Ess
• bench
• sei a mensh
• Ess
• bench
• sei
• a mensch
• a mentsch
• a mensh
• a mentsh
• mensch
• mentsch
• mensh
• mentsh
• Eat
• pray
• don't act like a jerk
• Eat
• pray
• act
• like
• jerk
• man

Eat, pray, don't act like a jerk!




Ess gezunterhait

• Ess gezunterheit
• Ess gezunterhayt
• Ess gezunterheyt
• Ess
• gezunterhait
• gezunterhayt
• gezunterheit
• gezunterheyt
• Eat
• in good health
• good health
• good
• health

Eat in good health




Ess vie ein foygl

• sheise vie ein feirt
• Ess vie ein foigl
• sheise vie ein feirt
• Ess vie ein foigel
• sheise vie ein feirt
• Ess vie ein foygel
• sheise vie ein feirt
• Ess vie ein foygl
• Ess vie ein foigl
• Ess vie ein foygel
• Ess vie ein foigel
• sheise vie ein feirt
• Ess
• ein
• foigl
• foygel
• foigel
• foygl
• sheise
• sheyse
• shaise
• shayse
• vie
• feirt
• Eat like a bird
• shit like a horse
• Eat like a bird
• shit like a horse
• Eat
• bird
• shit
• like
• horse

Eat like a bird, shit like a horse!




Essen

• Ess
• eat

to eat



Essen mitik

• Essen mitick
• Essen
• mitik
• mitick
• Dine
• Eating midday
• having dinner
• Eating
• midday
• having
• dinner
• Eat
• have
• ess

Dine; eating midday or having dinner




Evenyu

• di Evenyu

avenue




Eybershter

• der Eybershter
• Eyberschter
• der Eyberschter
• Aybershter
• der Aybershter
• Ayberschter
• der Ayberschter
• Eibershter
• der Eibershter
• Eiberschter
• der Eiberschter
• Aibershter
• der Aibershter
• Aiberschter
• der Aiberschter
• Almighty

(the) Almighty


eyder

• eider
• before
• than

1) before; 2) than

eytsn

• eytsen
• aytsn
• aytsen
• aitsn
• aitsen
• eitsn
• eitsen
• eytzn
• eytzen
• aytzn
• aytzen
• aitzn
• aitzen
• eitzn
• eitzen
• advise

advise (to)

Eyn un Tsvantsik

• Ein un Tsvantsik
• Ayn un Tsvantsik
• Ain un Tsvantsik
• Eyn un Tsvantsig
• Eyn un Tzvantzik
• Eyn un Tzvantzig
• Eyn un Tzvantzick
• Eyn un Tsvantsick
• Ein
• Ayn
• un
• Ain
• Tsvantsik
• Tsvantsig
• Tzvantzik
• Tzvantzig
• Tzvantzick
• Tsvantsick
• Twenty one
• Twenty
• one

Twenty one




Eyn un Tsvantsikster

• Ein un Tsvantsikster
• Ayn un Tsvantsikster
• Ain un Tsvantsikster
• Eyn un Tzvantzikster
• Ein un Tzvantzikster
• Ayn un Tzvantzikster
• Ain un Tzvantzikster
• Eyn
• un
• Tzvantzikster
• Ein
• Ayn
• Ain
• Tsvantsikster
• Tzvantzikster
• twenty first
• twenty
• first

twenty first

eyner aleyn

• einer alein
• ayner alayn
• ainer alain
• eyner
• aleyn
• einer
• alein
• ayner
• alayn
• ainer
• alain
• alone
• by oneself
• oneself

alone, by myself

Eyns

• Eins
• Ayns
• Ains
• one

one



Eyns un Draysik

• Eins un Draysik
• Ayns un Draysik
• Ains un Draysik
• Eyns
• Eins
• Ayns
• Ains
• un
• Draysik
• Draysig
• Dreysik
• Dreysig
• Dreisik
• Dreisig
• Draisik
• Draisig
• Eyns un Draysig
• Eyns un Dreysik
• Eyns un Dreysig
• Eyns un Dreisik
• Eyns un Dreisig
• Eyns un Draisik
• Eyns un Draisig
• Thirty one
• Thirty
• one

Thirty one

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