Glossary of Yiddish Terms

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Yiddish English  
Bubbie grandmother
chupa canopy
chutzpah gall
daven pray
dybbuk ghost
Hashem God
Hora
Kvetch
celebratory dance
complain
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

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