בחור

yi-noun

בחור • (bokher) m, plural בחורים (bokherem)

bokher (romanization)
bokherem (romanization)

→ Dutch: broger

→ German: Bocher


חתן

חתן • (khosn) m, plural חתנים (khasonem)

khosn (romanization)
khasonem (romanization)

Borrowed from Hebrew חָתָן (khatán, “bridegroom, groom”)


זון

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén, from *sóh₂wl̥.

די זון איז אַ שטערן וואָס וואַרפֿט אימער אַרויס ענערגיע וואָס באַשאַפֿט שטראַלן.

The sun is a star that constantly gives off energy that creates rays.

di zun iz a shtern vos varft imer aroys energye vos bashaft shtraln.

(astronomy) the Sun (the star at the center of the Solar System)


פֿאָטער

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פֿאָטער • (foter) m

yi-noun

פֿאָטער • (foter) m, plural פֿאָטערס (foters)

foter (romanization)
foters (romanization)

From Old High German fater, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


טאַטע

טאַטע • (tate) m, plural טאַטעס (tates), diminutive טאַטעלע (tatele)

tate (romanization)
tates (romanization)
tatele (romanization)

Likely from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *tata.

אונדזערע טאַטעס טרינקען קאַווע און שמועסן אויף ייִדיש.

Our dads drink coffee and chat in Yiddish.

undzere tates trinken kave un shmuesn oyf yidish.

איך דאַרף רעדן מיט דײַן טאַטן.


אייראָפּעיִש

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אייראָפּעיִש • (eyropeish) m

yi-noun

אייראָפּעיִש • (eyropeish) m, plural אייראָפּעער (eyropeer)

eyropeish (romanization)
eyropeer (romanization)

/ɛɪ̯.ʁɔˈpɛ.ɪʃ/

From אייראָפּע (eyrope, “Europe”) + -יש (-ish).


ברודער

yi-noun

ברודער • (bruder) m, plural ברידער (brider), diminutive ברודערל (bruderl)

bruder (romanization)
brider (romanization)
bruderl (romanization)

From Old High German bruodar, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

ער איז מײַן ברודער.


זיידע

זיידע • (zeyde) m, plural זיידעס (zeydes)

zeyde (romanization)
zeydes (romanization)

From a Slavic language; compare Belarusian дзед (dzjed) and Polish dziad.

דיידע

especially Vienna, Bratislava and surroundings, Eastern Hungary


אַלטער

אַלטער • (alter) m, plural אַלטערן (altern)

alter (romanization)
altern (romanization)


ייִנגל

ייִנגל • (yingl) m or n, plural ייִגלעך (yiglekh)

yingl (romanization)
yiglekh (romanization)

יונג (yung, “young”) + ־ל (-l, diminutive suffix).


יונגער־מאַן

yi-noun

יונגער־מאַנטשיק

יונגער־מאַן • (yunger-man) m, plural יונגע־לײַט (yunge-layt), diminutive יונגער־מאַנטשיק (yunger-mantshik)

yunger-man (romanization)
yunge-layt (romanization)
yunger-mantshik (romanization)


חבֿר

חבֿר • (khaver) m, plural חבֿרים (khaveyrem), feminine חבֿרטע (khaverte)

khaver (romanization)
khaveyrem (romanization)
khaverte (romanization)

desctree

→ Dutch: gabber
→ English: gabber
→ German: Gabber

→ Finnish: kaveri

→ German: Chawer

→ Bavarian: Haberer

→ German: Haberer

→ Hungarian: haver

→ Lithuanian: chebra

From Hebrew חָבֵר (khavér). Compare English chaver.


מחותּן

yi-noun

מחותּן • (mekhutn) m, plural מחותּנים (makhetonem)

mekhutn (romanization)
makhetonem (romanization)

From Hebrew מחותן / מְחֻתָּן (m'khután).

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מחותן / מְחֻתָּן (m'khután)

male relative by marriage, especially son-in-law's or daughter-in-law's father


שוואָגער

yi-noun

שוואָגער • (shvoger) m, plural שוואָגערס (shvogers), feminine שוועגערין (shvegerin)

shvoger (romanization)
shvogers (romanization)
shvegerin (romanization)

From Middle High German swāger, from Old High German suāgur, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”).


שווער

yi-noun

שווער • (shver) m, plural שווערן (shvern)

shver (romanization)
shvern (romanization)

From Middle High German sweher, from Old High German swehur, from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.


אָנקל

From French oncle (compare German Onkel).


בכור

בכור • (pkhor) m, plural בכורים (pkhoyrem)

pkhor (romanization)
pkhoyrem (romanization)

bor

Hebrew בְּכוֹר


פּלימעניק

yi-noun

פּלימעניק • (plimenik) m, plural פּלימעניקעס (plimenikes), feminine פּלימעניצע (plimenitse)

plimenik (romanization)
plimenikes (romanization)
plimenitse (romanization)

From a Ukrainian племі́нник (plemínnyk) or another Slavic cognate.


קעניג

קעניג • (kenig) m, plural קעניגן (kenign), feminine קעניגין (kenigin), diminutive קעניגל (kenigl)

kenig (romanization)
kenign (romanization)
kenigin (romanization)
kenigl (romanization)

From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Coordinate term: מלכּה (malke)


מאַנספּאַרשוין

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מאַנספּאַרשוין • (mansparshoyn) m

yi-noun

מאַנספּאַרשוינען

מאַנספּאַרשוין • (mansparshoyn) m, plural מאַנספּאַרשוינען (mansparshoynen)

mansparshoyn (romanization)
mansparshoynen (romanization)


קרובֿ

קרובֿ • (korev) m, plural קרובֿים (kroyvim), feminine קרובֿה (kroyve), feminine plural קרובֿות (kroyves)

korev (romanization)
kroyvim (romanization)
kroyve (romanization)
kroyves (romanization)

From Medieval Ashkenazi Hebrew קָרוֹב (kóroyv), from Tiberian Hebrew קָרוֹב (qôróv).

Ashkenazi Hebrew
Medieval Hebrew
Tiberian Hebrew


פֿעטער

פֿעטער • (feter) m, plural פֿעטערס (feters)

feter (romanization)
feters (romanization)

From Middle High German veter, vetere, from Old High German fetiro (“father's brother”), fatureo, from Proto-West Germanic *faderjō. Cognate with German Vetter (“cousin”).


יונגערמאַן

yi-noun

יונגערמאַנטשיק

יונגערמאַן • (yungerman) m, diminutive יונגערמאַנטשיק (yungermantshik)

yungerman (romanization)
yungermantshik (romanization)

/ˈjʊŋɡəʁˌman/


איידעם

איידעם • (eydem) m, plural איידעמען (eydemen)

eydem (romanization)
eydemen (romanization)

From Middle High German eidem, from Old High German eidam, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþum. Cognate with Luxembourgish Eedem.


עלטער־זיידע

עלטער־זיידע • (elter-zeyde) m, plural עלטער־זיידעס (elter-zeydes)

elter-zeyde (romanization)
elter-zeydes (romanization)

/ˈɛɫtəʁˌzɛɪ̯də/

עלטער (elter, “older”) + זיידע (zeyde, “grandfather”)


סטואַרד

yi-noun

סטואַרד • (stuard) m, plural סטואַרדן (stuardn), feminine סטואַרדקע (stuardke)

stuard (romanization)
stuardn (romanization)
stuardke (romanization)

From Russian стюард (stjuard), from English steward.


מיזיניק

מיזיניק • (mizinik) m, plural מיזיניקעס (mizinikes), feminine מיזינקע (mizinke)

mizinik (romanization)
mizinikes (romanization)
mizinke (romanization)

Most likely from Russian мизи́нец (mizínec), with the -ец (-ec) ending changed for ־ניק (-nik). Semantically, likely inherited from Old East Slavic мѣзиньць (mězinĭcĭ, “youngest son”) as opposed to the modern meaning of мизи́нец (mizínec).

bor

youngest son (or child of any gender) of the family


פּאַרטאַטש

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פּאַרטאַטש • (partatsh) m

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פּאַרטאַטשקע

פּאַרטאַטש • (partatsh) m, plural פּאַרטאַטשעס (partatshes) or פּאַרטאַטשן (partatshn), feminine פּאַרטאַטשקע (partatshke)

partatsh (romanization)
partatshes (romanization)
partatshn (romanization)
partatshke (romanization)

Borrowed from Polish partacz and Belarusian парта́ч (partáč). By surface analysis, Old Polish partać + ־אַטש (-atsh).

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פּאַרטאַטשיש

shoddy, clumsy, carelessly done, slovenly, neglected

פּאַרטאַטשעווען

to clumsy, to mess around, to fiddle, to do a fiddly job, to bumble, to stumble


טראַנסמאַן

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טראַנסמאַן • (transman) m

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טראַנסמאַן • (transman) m, plural טראַנסמענער (transmener)

transman (romanization)
transmener (romanization)

טראַנס־ (trans-, “trans-”) + מאַן (man, “man”)


נאַשבראַט

yi-noun

נאַשבראַט • (nashbrat) m, plural נאַשבראַטעס (nashbrates)

nashbrat (romanization)
nashbrates (romanization)

Univerbation of the Slavic phrase meaning "our brother"; compare Polish nasz brat, Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian наш брат (naš brat), although exact borrowing source uncertain.

cog

ער אַליין איז געווען אַ גוטמוטיקער, ליבער און איידעלער מענטש, אַ צוגעלאָזטער, גוט־ברודעריש און אַ נאַשבראַט.

He himself was a good-natured, generous and noble man, agreeable, kind-hearted and a good guy.

er aleyn iz geven a gutmutiker, liber un eydeler mentsh, a tsugelozter, gut-bruderish un a nashbrat.


האַרלע

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האַרלע • (harle) m, plural האַרלעס (harles)

harle (romanization)
harles (romanization)

האַר (har, “sir”) suffixed with a diminutive cognate to ־עלע (-ele), equivalent to German Herrlein.

Coordinate term: פֿראַלע (frale, “(Western Yiddish) grandmother”)

(Western Yiddish, now chiefly Alsace and pockets near Amsterdam) grandfather

Western Yiddish; now chiefly Alsace and pockets near Amsterdam; Western Yiddish; now chiefly Alsace and pockets near Amsterdam