Favorite Yiddish words commonly heard in the English language

[LoneGunman]

Three of my favorites:

schvitz - to sweat, or take a sauna;

As in - it's like a sauna in here I am really starting to schvitz.

or

Since we are at the gym why not go for a schvitz?

tuchas - a nice apple bottom;

Look at the tuchas on that woman - drool.

shtup - to have sex, get laid;

That woman has not had sex in so long she needs a really good shtup.

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Ok everyone lets see what your favorites are.

LG

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Petze = penis
Putz = penis
Schmekle = penis
Shmuck = penis
Shvonce = penis

 

[HG Hunter]

Petze = penis
Putz = penis
Schmekle = penis
Shmuck = penis
Shvonce = penis

Talk about a one track mind. Oy vey.

 

[blackrock13]

Petze = penis
Putz = penis
Schmekle = penis
Shmuck = penis
Shvonce = penis

Watch those equation signs. It might make us think of MB more than we should, yet your focus on variations on a theme says something but I'm not sure.

Mind you I don't even think one heard a person use those once in conversation, but hey, for my two cents, in response to the OP;

Chutzpah, as in the gaul or brazenness

(Fer) gezinteh hait, as in Good Health

Glitsch, as in a screw up or a bug in the ointment.

Don't let WhaWhaWha teach you words in any language 'coz you know where that'll lead you.

 

[Ashton.]

tuchas - a nice apple bottom;

Look at the tuchas on that woman - drool.

This one is my favourite. I use it all the time. Didn't know it was Yiddish though lol.

 

[marriedtoolong]

There are very few of all the above words that are used in everyday English.
Chutzpah - I concur with the usage
Schmuck - More like He's a schmuck (idiot)
Putz - usage is more like the word "prick" is used
Tuchus - just as it means - ass - but used as bum

I have never heard a non-Jew use the word shvitz in relation to anything let alone a sauna.

 

[eldoguy]

Meshugga- crazy, mad, insane!

 

[ogibowt]

Maven..a know it all
shlepp..a noun..he is a shlepp[someone who does physical labour]

a verb.."dont let her shlepp that heavy suitcase
fershimmled_[spelling?]...mixed up , confused ...

 

[Perry Mason]

formerly twobigo

You've turned your life around, have you?

Perry

 

[Brill]

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!
Schlemiel! Schlemazl! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

This hopscotch rhyme is at the beginning of Laverne & Shirley.
Schlemiel and schlemazl are both words for inept dolts, hasenpfeffer is a rabbit stew.
I don't know why you would incorporate a rabbit stew though, is it a Jewish thing?

 

[ogibowt]

You've turned your life around, have you?

Perry

lmao, Perry....not until i leave Terb..lol

 

[WhaWhaWha]

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!
Schlemiel! Schlemazl! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!
Schlemiel and schlemazl are both words for inept dolts, hasenpfeffer is a rabbit stew.
I don't know why you would incorporate a rabbit stew though, is it a Jewish thing?

Hasenpfeffer is a pepper pot stew - literally translated as "hot pepper". It doesn't require rabbit unless you happen to be Elmer Fudd or Yosimite Sam. You can use a bit of beef, chicken, or lamb.
Schlemiel and Schlemazl are both words for inept dolts, it's true, but they are slightly different.
A Schlemiel is a guy who goes around spilling his Hasenpfeffer.
A Schlemazl is the guy he spills it on.

 

[Nickelodeon]

Schlep...like I don't want to schep that thing around all day.

Mensch...as in gentleman.

 

[LoneGunman]

Yenta - A person, often a woman (but not always), who is meddlesome or gossipy.

That guy is such a yenta - he just cant keep anything to himself.

LG

 

[onthebottom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin

My favorite is Kvetch - to complain, being nordic I can't get the proper amount of phlegm in the pronunciation....

OTB

 

[Brill]

Thanks WhaWhaWha, I learned something on terb today!

What about "yada yada yada" is that Jewish?

 

[blackrock13]

Thanks WhaWhaWha, I learned something on terb today!

What about "yada yada yada" is that Jewish?

Now try and use one of those words at your next family dinner and let us know it turned out.

 

[blackrock13]

Sure, however:

During many years of strict censorship on TV (or in the movies) these words seemed to always make it past the censors.

There's got to be a double meaning somewhere, but hey.......... have some more soup, you're lookin' pale.

 

[anon1]

How do you say "fuck you" in yiddish?









"trust me"

 

[marriedtoolong]

I really do like: "Gey Kakken off in yam"