January 2012
9 posts
Bild - בילד
Bild - בילד \BILD\ Noun \ Neuter \ Pl. Bilder:
A picture, image, sight.
Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation.
Synonym: foto (פאטא), imazh (אימאזש).
German equivalents: das Bild, das Foto, das Gemälde, die Graphik.
Etymology: The word derives from Middle High German “bilde,” from Old High German “bilidi.” Cognates...
YUTorah.org
For those interested, YUTorah.org, a site dedicated to posting audio and video lectures, as well as written articles, on Torah topics, has begun putting up the weekly Talmud lectures of Rabbi Mordechai Pinchas Teitz of Elizabeth, New Jersey. In January 1953, R. Teitz started delivering these lectures over a WEVD radio program called Daf Hashovua (The Weekly Page), in which he would teach, in good...
Peye - פאה
Peye - פאה \PE-ye\ Noun \ Feminine \ Pl. Peyes:
A side lock, side curl (diminutive form: peyele [פאהלע]).
Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation.
Synonym (actually more like “sideburns” than “side locks”): baknberd (באקנבערד).
Etymology: The word derives from the biblical Hebrew root פ.א.ה (p-‘-h). According to...
Yiddish Blogroll
For those interested, it’s time for a bit of a Yiddish blogroll. Aside from Zackary Sholem Berger’s blog, mentioned previously here, the Internet is also home to several other interesting Yiddish-language blogs, including A Velt mit Veltelekh (A World of Many Worlds), a philosophically-oriented and anonymously authored blog, and Katle Kanye (Simpleton; lit., Reed Whacker), the funny...
Shvester - שוועסטער
Shvester - שוועסטער \SHVEST-er\ Noun \ Feminine \ Pl. Shvester:
A sister, nurse.
Pronunciation: Click here to hear a native Yiddish speaker use this word in conversation.
Synonyms (in the sense of “nurse”): vartorin (ווארטארין).
German equivalents: die Schwester.
Etymology: The word derives from Middle High German “swester,’ from Old High German “swestar,”...
Dos Bletele
For those interested, Dos Bletele is a new quarterly Yiddish-language cultural magazine under the editorship of Linda Gordon, Ida Olniansky, and Niklas Olniansky, published in Lund, Sweden. It aims to bring Yiddish out of the classroom and into public, everyday use by reporting on recent cultural events, movies, recipes,CDs, etc. The first issue, Fall 2011, is available for purchase online and a...
