Words that you thought were Yiddish

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:28 pm

peace2 wrote:

I guess it's really chavrusa tummel but I just never knew they were two different words so I assumed it's tumult. They basically mean the same thing tho

It may be chavrusa tumult.
Tumul & tumult mean the same thing.

amother

Pewter

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:34 pm

And on the flip side, there are hardly any yiddish words today. I grew up in a Russian family who speak real Yiddish, no garbage or street or couch or car substitutes LOL

Personally I think Yiddish is a forgotten language and it makes me a bit sad.

gamanit

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:37 pm

amother Pewter wrote:

And on the flip side, there are hardly any yiddish words today. I grew up in a Russian family who speak real Yiddish, no garbage or street or couch or car substitutes LOL

Personally I think Yiddish is a forgotten language and it makes me a bit sad.

By the same token you can say there's no English. Languages grow and change over time. That's how it works.

amother

Sage

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:42 pm

Onus
The onus is on him. Always thought it was a gemorah term lol

amother

Blush

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:44 pm

amother Sage wrote:

Onus
The onus is on him. Always thought it was a gemorah term lol

Me too!!
I also thought the word dray was English

GrowingUp

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:50 pm

gamanit wrote:

Hi, it sounds like you thought tzvishin and tuition were the same word. Tzvishin is the yiddish word for in between. Tumult is also a yiddish word. There are words that are the same in both.

This makes sense. I guess I thought tuition was with the litvish haavara.

Another one I always though was Yiddish is finagle. How is that not Yiddish?

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:52 pm

amother Pewter wrote:

And on the flip side, there are hardly any yiddish words today. I grew up in a Russian family who speak real Yiddish, no garbage or street or couch or car substitutes LOL

Personally I think Yiddish is a forgotten language and it makes me a bit sad.

There are many families that still speak the correct proper yiddish. They don't say couch, window, car, garbage, floor, porch.... they speak strictly yiddish.

amother

Firethorn

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:53 pm

I always thought schnitzel was Yiddish (although it does have German origin). And to the poster earlier, shmatta is definitely Yiddish.

giftedmom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:54 pm

amother Pewter wrote:

And on the flip side, there are hardly any yiddish words today. I grew up in a Russian family who speak real Yiddish, no garbage or street or couch or car substitutes LOL

Personally I think Yiddish is a forgotten language and it makes me a bit sad.

Bet there were many Russian words. Just like in supposed “Belgian pure Yiddish” there’s a ton of Flemish mixed in

bigsis144

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:54 pm

My mother used to think “ladle” was a Yiddish word

giftedmom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:55 pm

amother Orchid wrote:

There are many families that still speak the correct proper yiddish. They don't say couch, window, car, garbage, floor, porch.... they speak strictly yiddish.

Not really. Yiddish is a live organic language. The only ones who speak a pure Yiddish are the Yiddishists and even they made up new words.

giftedmom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:56 pm

amother Firethorn wrote:

I always thought schnitzel was Yiddish (although it does have German origin). And to the poster earlier, shmatta is definitely Yiddish.

It’s polish and paputch is Hungarian. They’re the same Yiddish.

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:56 pm

bigsis144 wrote:

My mother used to think “ladle” was a Yiddish word

It is a yiddish word. Ladel means drawer.
לעדל

giftedmom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:57 pm

bigsis144 wrote:

My mother used to think “ladle” was a Yiddish word

It is. Just means a drawer.

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:57 pm

giftedmom wrote:

It’s polish and paputch is Hungarian. They’re the same Yiddish.

Shmatte is a polish word that became German/yiddish & even English by now.

giftedmom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:58 pm

amother Orchid wrote:

Shmatte is a polish word that became yiddish & English by now.

Exactly my point. Same for paputch and same for English words that are being added. Yiddish is a galus language and always incorporated words from all the places where Jews have lived.

amother

Outerspace

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 1:59 pm

amother Firethorn wrote:

I always thought schnitzel was Yiddish (although it does have German origin). And to the poster earlier, shmatta is definitely Yiddish.

Same. We spoke mostly English growing up with a few Yiddish words sprinkled in and I always thought schnitzel was one of them.

YounginBP

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:00 pm

amother Orchid wrote:

Shmatte is a polish word that became German/yiddish & even English by now.

Yes, like shpritz and schlep

giftedmom

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:00 pm

I mean really. High German and polish aren’t holier languages than English, Hungarian, Flemish, or any other languages. Spare me the outrage we’re not YIVO purists.

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amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 2:00 pm

amother Outerspace wrote:

Same. We spoke mostly English growing up with a few Yiddish words sprinkled in and I always thought schnitzel was one of them.

Schnitzel is German.
German & yiddish are very similar.