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

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

By Natalya Belinsky,
"Fluent English Educational Project"

natalya.belinskaya@fluent-english.ru
www.fluent-english.ru

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Vaneh

di Vaneh
Vanneh
bathtub

bathtub

Vants

di Vants
Vantz
bedbug
bed bug
bed
bug

bedbug

varem

Warm
affectionate

Warm; affectionate

Vashnukad

Vaschnukad
drunk
FUBAR
shit-faced

drunk; FUBAR; shit faced

Vashtsimer

der Vashtsimer
Vashtzimer
Vaschtsimer
Vaschtzimer
bathroom

bathroom

Vaybl

vaibl
veybl
veibl
young married woman
young
married woman
young woman
married
woman

young married woman

vayl

vail
veyl
veil
because
long
since
as long as

because, since, as long as

vayle

vaile
veyle
veile
while

while

Vee Geyts?

Vi Geyts
Vee Geytz
Vee Geyts
Vi Geytz
Vi Geits
Vee Geitz
Vi Geitz
Vee Geits
Vee
Vi
Geyts
Geytz
Geits
Geitz
Vi Geyts?
Vee Geytz?
Vi Geytz?
Vi Geits?
Vee Geitz?
Vi Geitz?
Vee Geits?
How's it going?
How is it going?
go

How's it going?

vegn

veg
vegen
about
regarding
on
way
path
road
concerning

about, regarding, concerning, on; way, path, road

velkh

velch
which
who
that

(rel. pron.) which, who, that

Ver derharget

Ver
derharget
Drop dead
Drop
dead
die

Drop dead; die

verkocteh

verkocte
verkokteh
verkokte
verkoct
verkokt
crappy
lousy
bad
rotten
filthy
Dungy
shitty

A ribald word meaning worse than crappy / lousy, bad, rotten, filthy; dungy, shitty

vern

gevorn
become

to become

vershtickt

vershtick
vershtikt
verschtickt
verschtikt
verschtik
Choking
gagging
Choke
gag

Choking, gagging.
Commentary:
The feeling one gets when cleaning his freezer after a long power outage.

Vey is mire

Oi vai iz mir
Oy vay iz mir
oy vey ismier
oy vay ismier
oy vey izmier
oy vay izmier
oi vei ismier
oi vei izmier
veh is mir
veh iz mir
vey is mir
vei iz mir
woe is me
oy vey
oi vei
Oi vai
Oy vay
Oy veh
Oi veh
veh
vay
woe
Cry
Vei is mire
Vey iz mire
Vei iz mire
Vey
vei
is
iz
mire
oy
oi
vey
vei
oy vey ismir
oy vay ismir
oy vey izmir
oy vay izmir
oi vei ismir
oi vei izmir
ismir
ismier
izmir
izmier

Cry of agony, distress, misery, pain; (int.) oh!, oh boy!; ow!, ouch!woe is me!; I am pain itself!
Commentary:
The most melodramatic expression of suffering, used to describe everyday miseries such as shaving nicks, sinus headaches or acid indigestion. A favorite expression of kvetches and yentas, often preceded by "oy".

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