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