Glossary of Yiddish Terms
Yiddish | English | |
Bubbie | grandmother | |
chupa | canopy | |
chutzpah | gall | |
daven | pray | |
dybbuk | ghost | |
Hashem | God | |
Hora Kvetch |
celebratory dance complain |
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L’chaim | a toast “to life” | |
macher | important person | |
Mazel Tov | congratulations | |
meshuga | crazy | |
mezuzah | sacred door ornament | |
plotz | faint | |
pupikel | belly button | |
schpilkis | nerves | |
Sheina kindela | dear one | |
tsorus | problems | |
vey ismere | Oh woe! | |
Yeshiva | religious school | |
Zadie | grandfather |