Yiddish in English
I am writing a paper on Yiddish words used and understood by native English speakers. English is not my mothertongue and I have learned it mostly in the UK and Australia, whereas I understand Yiddish influence is stronger on American English.
My question then would be: which are the Yiddish words that any (American) native speaker would understand? Maybe you use Yiddish words without even knowing they are Yiddish., there's a list on Wikipedia if you need to crosscheck.
Thanks for your help!
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Do you mean here? org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin I am familiar, in varying degrees, with these: bagel blintz chutzpah dreck, drek gelt glitch golem goy kibitz klutz kosher kvell kvetch latke lox maven Mazel tov, also mazal tov mensch meshuggeneh, meshuggene meshuggener nebbish nosh nudnik oy or oy vey putz schlemiel schlep schlimazel also schlemazl schlock schmaltz schmeer also schmear schmo schmooze schm uck (this one is well enough known to be expunged by our obscenity-detecting software) schnook schnoz or schnozz also schnozzle schvartze shalom shemozzle shiksa or shikse shmendrik shtetl shtick shtup spiel or shpiel tush (also tushy verklempt yarmulke yenta Yiddish zaftig
- Do you mean here?
- org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin I am familiar, in varying degrees, with these: bagel blintz chutzpah dreck, drek gelt glitch golem goy kibitz klutz kosher kvell kvetch latke lox maven Mazel tov, also mazal tov mensch meshuggeneh, meshuggene meshuggener nebbish nosh nudnik oy or oy vey putz schlemiel schlep schlimazel also schlemazl schlock schmaltz schmeer also schmear schmo schmooze schm uck (this one is well enough known to be expunged by our obscenity-detecting software) schnook schnoz or schnozz also schnozzle schvartze shalom shemozzle shiksa or shikse shmendrik shtetl shtick shtup spiel or shpiel tush (also tushy verklempt yarmulke yenta Yiddish zaftig
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I am familiar, in varying degrees, with these:
bagel
blintz
chutzpah
dreck, drek
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