מיטה

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מיטה / מִטָּה (“bed”)

bed, especially one upon which a corpse is placed


בעט

yi-noun

בעט • (bet) f or n, plural בעטן (betn), diminutive בעטל (betl)

bet (romanization)
betn (romanization)
betl (romanization)

From Old High German betti, from Proto-Germanic *badją.


שטויבמאַשין

שטויבמאַשינען

שטויבמאַשין • (shtoybmashin) f, plural שטויבמאַשינען (shtoybmashinen)

shtoybmashin (romanization)
shtoybmashinen (romanization)

From שטויב (shtoyb, “dust”) + מאַשין (mashin, “machine”).


לעפֿל

From Middle High German leffel (compare German Löffel), from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil.


שוויצבאָד

yi-noun

שוויצבאָד • (shvitsbod) f, plural שוויצבעדער (shvitsbeder)

shvitsbod (romanization)
shvitsbeder (romanization)

From שוויצן (shvitsn, “to sweat”) + באָד (bod, “bathhouse”).


שטול

yi-noun

שטול • (shtul) m or f, plural שטולן (shtuln)

shtul (romanization)
shtuln (romanization)

From Old High German stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, cognate with German Stuhl.


בענקל

בענקל • (benkl) n, plural בענקלעך (benklekh)

benkl (romanization)
benklekh (romanization)

באַנק (bank, “bench”) + ־ל (-l). Plural inflection from ־לעך (-lekh).


ביטל

ביטל • (bitl) n, plural ביטלעך (bitlekh) or ביטלען (bitlen)

bitl (romanization)
bitlekh (romanization)
bitlen (romanization)

ביט (bit) + ־ל (-l). Not related to German Büttel.


מעסער

מעסער • (meser) m or n, plural מעסערס (mesers), diminutive מעסערל (meserl)

meser (romanization)
mesers (romanization)
meserl (romanization)

From Middle High German messer, from Old High German mezzisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs.


גאָפּל

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גאָפּל • (gopl) m

yi-noun

גאָפּל • (gopl) m, plural גאָפּלען (goplen), diminutive גאָפּעלע (gopele) or געפּעלע (gepele)

gopl (romanization)
goplen (romanization)
gopele (romanization)
gepele (romanization)

From Middle High German gabel, from Old High German gabala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, gablos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork, forked branch”).


גאָפּל־לעפֿל

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גאָפּל־לעפֿל • (gopl-lefl) f

yi-noun

גאָפּל־לעפֿל • (gopl-lefl) f

גאָפּל (gopl, “fork”) + לעפֿל (lefl, “spoon”)


באַנק

yi-noun

באַנק • (bank) m or f, plural בענק (benk)

Probably via German Bank from Italian banco, from Germanic (originally the same word as etymology 1).


באַנקבעטל

באַנקבעטל • (bankbetl) n, plural באַנקבעטלעך (bankbetlekh)

bankbetl (romanization)
bankbetlekh (romanization)

באַנק (bank, “bench”) + בעטל (betl, “berth”)


אַלמער

yi-noun

אַלמער • (almer) m, plural אַלמערס (almers)

almer (romanization)
almers (romanization)


מעבל

Borrowed from French meuble. Compare German Möbel, Polish mebel, Russian ме́бель (mébelʹ).

furniture (an item, or items, (usually) in a room)


קאַמאָד

קאַמאָד • (kamod) m or f, plural קאַמאָדן (kamodn)

kamod (romanization)
kamodn (romanization)

From French commode, influenced by Russian комо́д (komód).

dresser, chest of drawers (bedroom furniture)


סאָפֿע

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סאָפֿע • (sofe) f

yi-noun

סאָפֿע • (sofe) f, plural סאָפֿעס (sofes)

sofe (romanization)
sofes (romanization)


וואַקוּום

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וואַקוּום • (vakuum) m

yi-noun

וואַקוּום • (vakuum) m, plural וואַקוּומס (vakuums)

vakuum (romanization)
vakuums (romanization)


בעזעם

בעזעם • (bezem) m, plural בעזעמער (bezemer) or בעזעמס (bezems), diminutive בעזעמל (bezeml)

bezem (romanization)
bezemer (romanization)
bezems (romanization)
bezeml (romanization)

From Middle High German bëseme, from Old High German besamo, from Proto-West Germanic *besmō.


טאָפּ

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טאָפּ • (top) m

yi-noun

טאָפּ • (top) m, plural טעפּ (tep), diminutive טעפּל (tepl)

top (romanization)
tep (romanization)
tepl (romanization)

From Middle High German topf, from (western) Old High German *topf, *tupf, from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow, bowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”).

der

pot (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.)


שטויבזויגער

yi-noun

שטויבזויגער • (shtoybzoyger) m, plural שטויבזויגערס (shtoybzoygers)

shtoybzoyger (romanization)
shtoybzoygers (romanization)

From German Staubsauger. By surface analysis, שטויב (shtoyb, “dust”) + זויגן (zoygn, “suck”) + ־ער (-er, “-er”).


פֿירהאַנג

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פֿירהאַנג • (firhang) m

yi-noun

פֿירהאַנג • (firhang) m, plural פֿירהאַנגען (firhangen)

firhang (romanization)
firhangen (romanization)

From Middle High German vürhanc; cognate with German Vorhang.


שרײַבטיש

שרײַבטיש • (shraybtish) m, plural שרײַבטישן (shraybtishn)

shraybtish (romanization)
shraybtishn (romanization)

/ˈʃraɪ̯bˌtɪʃ/

/ˈʃraɪ̯pˌtɪʃ/

/ˈʃraːbˌtɪʃ/

[ˈʃraːpˌtɪʃ]

שרײַבן (shraybn) + טיש (tish); compare German Schreibtisch


שאַפֿע

שאַפֿע • (shafe) f, plural שאַפֿעס (shafes), diminutive שאַפֿקע (shafke)

shafe (romanization)
shafes (romanization)
shafke (romanization)

From Polish szafa and Belarusian/Ukrainian ша́фа (šáfa), from Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaph, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.


פֿרידזשידער

פֿרידזשידערס

פֿרידזשידער • (fridzhider) m, plural פֿרידזשידערן (fridzhidern) or פֿרידזשידערס (fridzhiders)

fridzhider (romanization)
fridzhidern (romanization)
fridzhiders (romanization)

/fʁɪd͡ʒɪˈdɛʁ/

From English frigidaire, originally the brand name Frigidaire, based on Latin frīgidārius (“pertaining to cooling”). Compare French frigidaire, Romanian frigider, Serbo-Croatian frižìdēr, Hungarian fridzsider etc.


פֿאַן

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פֿאַן • (fan) f

yi-noun

פֿאַן • (fan) f, plural פֿאַנען (fanen), diminutive פֿענדל (fendl)

fan (romanization)
fanen (romanization)
fendl (romanization)

From Middle High German pfanne, from Old High German phanna, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ, from Late Latin panna, from Latin patina (“bowl, platter”).


שלאָפֿזאַק

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שלאָפֿזאַק • (shlofzak) m

yi-noun

שלאָפֿזאַק • (shlofzak) m, plural שלאָפֿזעק (shlofzek)

shlofzak (romanization)
shlofzek (romanization)

From שלאָפֿן (shlofn, “to sleep”) + זאַק (zak, “bag”); compare German Schlafsack.


פֿאָטעל

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פֿאָטעל • (fotel) m

yi-noun

פֿאָטעל • (fotel) m, plural פֿאָטעלס (fotels)

fotel (romanization)
fotels (romanization)

Ultimately from French fauteuil, via German Fauteuil or more likely Polish fotel and/or Ukrainian фоте́ль (fotélʹ).


פּאַטעלניע

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פּאַטעלניע • (patelnye) f

yi-noun

פּאַטעלניע • (patelnye) f, plural פּאַטעלניעס (patelnyes)

patelnye (romanization)
patelnyes (romanization)

Borrowed from Polish patelnia. Compare Belarusian патэ́льня (patélʹnja) and Ukrainian пате́льня (patélʹnja).

frying pan, frypan, skillet (long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food)


מעסערוואַרג

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מעסערוואַרג • (meservarg) n

yi-noun

מעסערוואַרג • (meservarg) n


עטאַזשערקע

עטאַזשערקע • (etazherke) f, plural עטאַזשערקעס (etazherkes)

etazherke (romanization)
etazherkes (romanization)


עסצײַג

By surface analysis, עסן (esn) + צײַג (tsayg). Compare German Esszeug, Hungarian eszcájg, Macedonian есцајг (escajg), Serbo-Croatian escajg.


בעטטישל

yi-noun

בעטטישל • (bettishl) n, plural בעטטישלעך (bettishlekh)

bettishl (romanization)
bettishlekh (romanization)


וואַפֿליעניצע

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וואַפֿליעניצע • (vaflyenitse) f

yi-noun

וואַפֿליעניצע • (vaflyenitse) f, plural וואַפֿליעניצעס (vaflyenitses)

vaflyenitse (romanization)
vaflyenitses (romanization)

Possibly borrowed from Russian ва́фельница (váfelʹnica), or formed independently in Yiddish. Equivalent to וואַפֿליע (vaflye) + ־ניצע (-nitse).


וואַפֿליע־אײַזן

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וואַפֿליע־אײַזן

וואַפֿליע־אײַזן • (vaflye-ayzn) m

yi-noun

וואַפֿליע־אײַזן

וואַפֿליע־אײַזן • (vaflye-ayzn) m, plural וואַפֿליע־אײַזנס (vaflye-ayzns)

vaflye-ayzn (romanization)
vaflye-ayzns (romanization)


בראָטער

בראָטער • (broter) m, plural בראָטערס (broters)

broter (romanization)
broters (romanization)

בראָטן (brotn) + ־ער (-er), possibly as a calque of English broiler.


מיקראָכוואַלניק

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מיקראָכוואַלניק • (mikrokhvalnik) m

yi-noun

מיקראָכוואַלניק • (mikrokhvalnik) m, plural מיקראָכוואַלניקעס (mikrokhvalnikes)

mikrokhvalnik (romanization)
mikrokhvalnikes (romanization)

מיקראָכוואַליע (mikrokhvalye) + ־ניק (-nik). Compare similar formations in Belarusian мікрахва́леўка (mikraxváljeŭka), Polish mikrofalówka, Russian микроволно́вка (mikrovolnóvka), Ukrainian мікрохвильо́вка (mikroxvylʹóvka).

suffix

מיקראָכוואַליע

cog

мікрахва́леўка

микроволно́вка

мікрохвильо́вка


שפּאַטל

yi-noun

שפּאַטל • (shpatl) m, plural שפּאַטלען (shpatlen)

shpatl (romanization)
shpatlen (romanization)

From Middle High German spatel, spatl, ultimately from Latin spatula. Compare German Spatel, Russian шпа́тель (špátelʹ).


באַשאַם־לעפֿל

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באַשאַם־לעפֿל

באַשאַם־לעפֿל • (basham-lefl) m

yi-noun

באַשאַם־לעפֿל

באַשאַם־לעפֿל

באַשאַם־לעפֿל • (basham-lefl) m, plural באַשאַם־לעפֿל (basham-lefl)

/baˈʃam ˌɫɛfɫ̩/


באַליע

באַליע • (balye) f, plural באַליעס (balyes)

balye (romanization)
balyes (romanization)

Borrowed from Polish balia, from French baille.


לופֿטפּרעגלער

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לופֿטפּרעגלער • (luftpregler) m

yi-noun

לופֿטפּרעגלער • (luftpregler) m, plural לופֿטפּרעגלערס (luftpreglers)

luftpregler (romanization)
luftpreglers (romanization)

לופֿט (luft) + פּרעגלען (preglen) + ־ער (-er), calque of English air fryer.


אויפֿוואַרטער

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אויפֿוואַרטער • (oyfvarter) m

yi-noun

אויפֿוואַרטער • (oyfvarter) m, plural אויפֿוואַרטערס (oyfvarters)

oyfvarter (romanization)
oyfvarters (romanization)

From אויפֿוואַרטן (oyfvartn, “to wait; to help; to serve”) + ־ער (-er), with the former deriving from אויפֿ־ (oyf-) + וואַרטן (vartn). Compare German aufwarten, Aufwӓrter (“servant”).

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אויפֿוואַרטן

(dialectal) high dish for serving cake, fruit etc. to guests