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So You Think You Know Yiddish???

Words are spelled phonetically.

Created by The Breman Musuem
Horizontales
It's the essence, substance, and practicalities of a matter.
Insanity or craziness.
Literally it menas"face." However, you wouldn't use it simply to refer to someone's visage. This Yiddish word is more specifically used, most often by grandparents, to endearingly talk about someone's sweet face.
Chat, make small talk, converse about nothing in particular with people you might want to impress.
A clumsy person
Knick-knack, little toy, collectible or giftware.
Excessively sentimental, gushing, flattering, over-the-top, corny. This word describes some of Hollywood’s most famous films.
Chicken fat or grease.
a food that is considered clean or fit to eat by dietary laws, or for OK or correct.
Exclamation of dismay, grief, or exasperation. The phrase
Smart person. Literally means “Jewish head.”
A general word that calls for a reply. It can mean, “So?” “Huh?” “Well?” “What’s up?” or “Hello?”
Grandmother
Tattered clothing that looks well-worn. A rag.
Literally “slip,” “skate,” or “nosedive,” which was the origin of the common American usage as “a minor problem or error.”
Rear end, bottom, backside, buttocks.
Family, or someone who is “like family”
An expression of disgust or disapproval, representative of the sound of spitting.
A non-Jewish boy
A greeting that means “deep peace”
To complain, whine or fret
Someone with constant bad luck.
Verticales
Often used as an insulting word for a self-made fool, but you shouldn’t use it in polite company at all, since it refers to male anatomy.
Chat, make small talk, converse about nothing in particular.
A jerk, or a self-made fool, but this word literally means penis.
Cheap, shoddy, or inferior
A word that means nothing. When you know zip, nada, zilch about a subject matter.
A jerk, a stupid person
Serious troubles, not minor annoyances.
good luck
A good homemaker, a woman who’s in charge of her home and will make sure you remember it.
To sweat
Adjective describing someone as insane or as a noun to refer to a crazy person.
More polite than bupkes, and also implies a strong sense of nothing: Beyond help.
To stand around talking and making wisecracks, and it can also mean to give someone advice and commentary when they are trying to work.
To experience pride in someone else, typically one’s children
To carry or travel with difficulty, as in “We shlepped here all the way from New Jersey.”
To explode, or collapse as in aggravation.
To nibble; a light snack
A non-Jewish woman, all too often used derogatorily.
This noun is synonymous with nerve and is used to describe someone with the utmost confidence and audacity.
An honorable, decent, stand-up person
A scandal, embarrassment.
Dirt – a little dirt, not serious grime.
Female busybody or gossip.
Someone who isn't Jewish.