S/o- what are the yiddish words that can't be translated?

amother

Lightblue

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:15 pm

oisgearbeter mentsch

oisgebetten

paskunyak alternatively paskenudyak (they don't mean the same thing. A paskunyak is a judgmental person who thinks he knows everything. A paskunydyak is a first class jerk)

ah bitterah (it doesn't mean a embittered person-it means a difficult person who is to be avoided at all costs)

imaima

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:15 pm

amother Catmint wrote:

Nachas. No word really expresses it, joy? Satisfaction? Proud? Nope.

Contentment

imaima

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:15 pm

Blessing1 wrote:

Tichtig

Industrious

imaima

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:18 pm

amother Tan wrote:

Dedicated?

Committed

amother

Linen

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:20 pm

amother Daphne wrote:

My principal used to say that there’s no Yiddish word for “fun”, because a Chassidish Yid doesn’t do stuff just for fun. What

(Hi school mates!)

effess

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:22 pm

amother Lightblue wrote:

That’s Russian!

amother

Linen

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:26 pm

amother Linen wrote:

pride is the closest word I could find
"may she be a source of pride"

Reposting. Because I think for all the nachas words, pride is still closest.

amother

Linen

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:26 pm

amother Poinsettia wrote:

What's the issue with this translation?

It's not an issue. I just pointed out that there is no word that means זאט

Trademark

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:28 pm

amother Linen wrote:

It's not an issue. I just pointed out that there is no word that means זאט

Satiated

amother

Poinsettia

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:31 pm

amother Linen wrote:

It's not an issue. I just pointed out that there is no word that means זאט

Of course there is
Full/satiated

dankbar

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:33 pm

Ibergegeben

Devoted, dedicated, loyal, does it with the whole heart

dankbar

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:36 pm

Durechgedringen can be both very deeply hurt

But also absorbed, instilled, permeated, even by osmosis let's say my mom's emunah peshutah is durechgedringen in meine beiner.

Or my zeides mesiras nefesh....

dankbar

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:36 pm

How do you say yiras shmayim, mesiras nefesh

dankbar

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:37 pm

Firt tish

Nemt kvittlech

Teilt brachos

Teilt shrayim

Poilt yeshuos

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amother

Skyblue

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:38 pm

dankbar wrote:

Firt tish

Carries tables LOL

amother

Leaf

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:39 pm

amother Puce wrote:

Also, "there's no swear words in yiddish" until I saw a chassidishe guy post an English swear word, written in yiddish on a whatsapp status once....had to laugh
The funniest part was that I was reading it over and over trying to figure out the translation, until it finally clicked Can't Believe It

Uh... there are PLENTY Yiddish swear words...

dankbar

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:40 pm

amother Skyblue wrote:

Carries tables LOL

Zemels jokes, moves tables, oh so he is a moving rabbi, works for the moving company to transfer furniture

amother

Skyblue

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:42 pm

dankbar wrote:

Zemels jokes, moves tables, oh so he is a moving rabbi, works for the moving company to transfer furniture

האק אין טשייניק
Knock in teapot

Trademark

Thu, Feb 08 2024, 10:44 pm

amother Leaf wrote:

Uh... there are PLENTY Yiddish swear words...

Yup just like English speakers don't use swear words we don't use them.

But because Yiddish is mostly used only in the frum community nowadays we don't know them.