Words that you thought were Yiddish

amother

Green

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 8:54 pm

giftedmom wrote:

And mother is mutter

Mutter sounds rather german but is also a yiddish word, although seldom used.

mommeh is the word often used.
My mother = מיין מאמע

GrowingUp

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 9:12 pm

Not mine, but my husbands: vice versa.
He thought it was an Aramic Gemara term.

amother

Burntblack

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:04 pm

It is Yiddish, but I remember watching AGT and being shocked when Howard Stern said the word “tuchus”.

realsilver

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:06 pm

amother Burntblack wrote:

It is Yiddish, but I remember watching AGT and being shocked when Howard Stern said the word “tuchus”.

Howard stern is as jewish as they get lol.
So is Howie Mandel.

realsilver

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:08 pm

I finally remembered the word I thought was yiddish as a kid- conniptions!

amother

Crimson

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:08 pm

amother Burntblack wrote:

It is Yiddish, but I remember watching AGT and being shocked when Howard Stern said the word “tuchus”.

Also yiddish and Hebrew, I was shocked to hear a non-jew say chutzpah.

amother

Moccasin

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:15 pm

amother Crimson wrote:

Also yiddish and Hebrew, I was shocked to hear a non-jew say chutzpah.

Isn't this the word every class taught their non Jewish teachers? LOL

amother

Crimson

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:16 pm

amother Moccasin wrote:

Isn't this the word every class taught their non Jewish teachers? LOL

Was totally random in a podcast.
I looked it up, it's actually in the english dictionary.

vtaherlibeinu

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:57 pm

This is awesome!!!
I totally agree about: dais; kudos; finagle; verbatim

Not quite yiddish, but I've always said that "brethren" is a Jewish word. Have you ever heard it in non-Jewish context, or outside of Jewish songs??

mommyla

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 11:05 pm

I love this!
My friend likes to say that her favorite Yiddish words are far fetched and far flung Wink

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 11:15 pm

amother Burntblack wrote:

It is Yiddish, but I remember watching AGT and being shocked when Howard Stern said the word “tuchus”.

Tuchus has become a common English word. I've heard the word used in many TV shows & movies.

amother

Brickred

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 11:24 pm

amother Plum wrote:

Paputch is not Yiddish.
It’s not English either.
IYKYK

Please someone tell me what this word means, I have never heard it before and now I feel like an outsider

essie14

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 11:37 pm

amother Crimson wrote:

Also yiddish and Hebrew, I was shocked to hear a non-jew say chutzpah.

Chutzpah has become an English word as well.

amother

Firethorn

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 11:53 pm

amother Brickred wrote:

Please someone tell me what this word means, I have never heard it before and now I feel like an outsider

Slippers

jj1236

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 11:57 pm

I thought onus was a Gemara type of a term but then I read it somewhere in an English book and was embarrassed to find out it’s an English word lol

amother

Tomato

Fri, Feb 09 2024, 12:00 am

amother Green wrote:

Pulka is Hungarian.
It's the bottom part (drum stick and the other part attached to it) of a chicken.

That's interesting. I always assumed pulka is NOT Hungarian . My Hungarian family never used that word, and my not Hungarian in laws I think say pulka.

amother

Tomato

Fri, Feb 09 2024, 12:02 am

This thread is really funny!

Anyone know the language and meaning for any of the following words?

Forshirt

Bundash

shirachadasha

Fri, Feb 09 2024, 12:33 am

Delicatessen is obviously a Yiddish word. It has the word "essen" in it.

amother

Orchid

Fri, Feb 09 2024, 12:35 am

shirachadasha wrote:

Delicatessen is obviously a Yiddish word. It has the word "essen" in it.

It's German/french