Just Like That (novel) - Some Yiddish Words Used in The Novel

Some Yiddish Words Used in The Novel

  • alte kacke
  • bar mitzvah
  • bashert (fate)
  • eyebike heim (eternal, ewig)
  • gatke
  • gefilte fish
  • "ge-hoovering" ("Yinglish": Yiddish prefix + English verb)
  • Haggada
  • hunting schloss
  • kack
  • kimpatorim (women in childbirth)
  • knish
  • kosher
  • kvetch
  • latke
  • meshugge
  • oy a broch
  • oy gevalt
  • Passover
  • pisher
  • a schwarze
  • Seder
  • shmuck
  • shtetl
  • tfillin
  • tuches
  • yarmulka
  • Yeshiva
  • a little Yid
  • Yom Kippur

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