Yiddish?

[oldschool]

Do you speak yiddish? do you use yiddish words in your daily life?

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Yiddish/English/comwor.html


some people use words all the time and don't know they are yiddish...like Schlep.

[whocares]

Sure have been using yiddish. Not much though. The only yiddish I use out that list is 'nosh'.

[takao]

hm i found it very funny that some words sound just some german dialects or have the same meaning

examples:
gey shlofn - geh schlafen ( but the yiddish sound exatly like the dialect)
mentsh - Mensch
shlep - schleppen
shviger - zb Schwieger-(sohn,vater),schwager
shvitsn - schwitzen
shmuz - Schmutz
kreftik - kräftig
shlekht - schlecht
tumul -Tumult
genuk - genug
shnorer - Schnorrer
plats - platzen
handl - handeln
mishmash - Mischmasch
gelt -Geld

thx for the link very interesting and yes i gues i am in the group who uses yiddish words all the time

[tpjunkie]

of course many of the words sound the same and have the same meaning of german, yiddish is a combination of german and hebrew....I use a bunch of yiddish words (and a phrase or two)