June 2011
15 posts
Moyd - מויד
Moyd - מויד \MOYD\ Noun \ Feminine \ Pl. Moydn:A maiden, lass, maid. Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation. Synonym: bokherte (בחורטע), bsule (בתולה). German equivalents: die Jungfrau, das Mädchen, das Madel/das Mädel, die Magd, das Mägdelein, die Maid.
Etymology: The word derives from Middle High German “maget, magt,” from Old...
"Yome, Yome, Shpil Mir a Lidele"
For those interested, the New York (presumably Brooklyn) newspaper Tug Shrift published six days a week from November 2008 to March 2009 - a short but significant run of one of the only (that I am aware of) web-based Haredi Yiddish newspapers around. According to the website, the paper’s ~10,000 readers could access international, local, financial, and health news for free either online...
Shraybn - שרייבן
Shraybn - שרייבן \SHRAYB-en\ Verb:To write. Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation.
Synonym: mekhaber zayn (מחבר זיין) (though this term has the connotation more of authoring a book, not simply writing something).
German equivalents: abfassen, erstellen, schreiben, verfassen.
Etymology: The word derives from Middle High German...
Free Israeli Yiddish film entitled "A-Maiseh"
For those interested, a short, free Israeli Yiddish film entitled “A-Maiseh” was recently released online, but unfortunately now costs money ($4) to view. Luckily, and thanks to the good people who create bootlegged copies of movies for us, the film was subsequently uploaded to YouTube here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). The major downside of the YouTube version is that it has Hebrew...
Numer - נומער
Numer - נומער \NUM-er\ Noun \ Masculine \ Pl. Numern:A number, issue of a periodical. Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation. Synonyms: tsifer (ציפער) (a digit), tsol (צאל) (quantity). German equivalents: die Anzahl, die Nummer, die Zahl. Etymology: The word derives from Latin “numerus,” from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem- (to...
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Yossel Yossel, Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn Eli Eli Sheyn Vi Di Levone Beltz Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Yiddishe Mame Oyfn Pripichok un noch andere...
Yossel Yossel, Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn Eli Eli Sheyn Vi Di Levone Beltz Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Yiddishe Mame Oyfn Pripichok un noch andere...
Shrekn - שרעקן
Shrekn - שרעקן \SHREK-en\ Verb:
To frighten, terrify (with the reflexive zikh [זיך] - to be afraid of, fear). Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation.
Synonyms: forkhtn (פארכטן), eyme/moyre/pakhed hobn (אימה/מורא/פחד האבן).
German equivalents: Angst haben, fürchten, grausen, schrecken.
Etymology: The word derives from Middle HIgh German...
Hitn - היטן
Hitn - היטן \HIT-en\ Verb:To guard, watch over (with the reflexive zikh [זיך] - to watch out). Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation.
Synonyms: bavakhn (באוואכן), shitsn (שיצן), shmire shteyn (שמירה שטיין).
German equivalents: aufpassen, achten, bewachen, hüten.
Etymology: The word derives from Middle High German “hüten,”...
Got fun Avrohom (גאט פון אברהם) - God of...
For those interested, I finally decided to transcribe that most enchanting of traditional Yiddish songs, Got fun Avrohom (גאט פון אברהם) - God of Abraham, in part because I needed to fill this space with something cool, but more importantly because its lyrics contain the word bahit, which is, of course, related to our first YWOTW this week. The song was (and still is) traditionally chanted by...
Got fun Avrohom (גאט פון אברהם) - God of Abraham
Got fun Avrohom (גאט פון אברהם) - God of Abraham Got fun Avrohom un fun Yitskhok un fun Yankev, Bahit dayn folk Yisroel, Fun ale beyzn in daynem loyb, Az der liber Shabes koydesh geyt avek. Un di vokh zol undz kumen, Tsu emune sheleyme, tsu emunas khakhomim, Tsu ahavas vedibuk khaveyrim toyvim, Tsu deveykus Haboyre Borukh Hu. Ma’amin tsu zayn, Bishloyshe osor ikorim shelkho, Uvigule...
