Yiddish Words of The Week

Verter fun der Vokh – Impeachment Yet Again

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By: League for Yiddish

January 15, 2021

article of impeachment: דער אײַ֜נשולדיק־⁠פּאַראַגראַ֜ף, ־ן [DER ÁYNShULDIK-PARAGRÁF, -N] gavel: דאָס הע֜מערל, ־⁠עך [DOS HÉMERL, -EKh] impeach: אײַ֜נשו֜לדיקן; אימפּי֜טשן [ÁYNShÚLDIKN; IMPÍTShN] be impeachable: ווע֜רט זײַן אימפּי֜טשמענט [VÉRT ZAYN IMPÍTShMENT] impeachable…

Verter fun der Vokh – Insurrection

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By: League for Yiddish

January 8, 2021

certify election results: באַשטע֜טיקן <אַטעסטי֜רן> די װאַ֜ל־⁠רעזולטאַ֜טן [BAShTÉTIKN <ATESTÍRN> DI VÁL-REZULTÁTN] concede the election: נאָ֜כגעבן <אָ֜פּטרעטן> אין די װאַלן [NÓKhGEBN <ÓPTRETN> IN DI VALN] confirm the election of a new…

Verter fun der Vokh – New Year’s Eve!

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By: League for Yiddish

January 5, 2021

auld lang syne: די צײַטן פֿון אַ מאָ֜ל [DI TSAYTN FUN A MOL] champagne: דער שאַמפּאַ֜ניער [DER ShAMPÁNYER] champagne bubbles: <שאַמפּאַ֜ניער־בו֜לבעלעך־<־בלע֜זעלעך [ShAMPÁNYER-BÚLBELEKh<-BLÉZELEKh>] confetti: קאָנפֿע֜טי; האָפּן [KONFÉTI; HOPN] count down to the…

Verter fun der Vokh – Khanike

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By: League for Yiddish

December 10, 2020

applesauce: דער ע֜פּל־קאָמפּאָ֜ט; דער ע֜פּל־צי֜מעס [DER ÉPL-KOMPÓT; DER ÉPL-TSÍMES] candle: דאָס ליכטל, ־עך [DOS LIKhTL, -EKh] dreydl: דאָס דריידל, ־עך [DOS DREYDL, -EKh] fry: אָ֜פּ)פּרע֜גלען) [(ÓP)PRÉGLEN] frying pan: דאָס פֿענדל, ־עך; די פּאַטע֜לניע, ־ס; די…

Verter fun der Vokh – Thanksgiving

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By: League for Yiddish

November 25, 2020

carve the turkey: צע)שנײַ֜דן <אױ֜פֿשנײַדן> דעם אי֜נדיק) [(TSE)ShNÁYDN <ÚFShNAYDN> DEM ÍNDIK] cranberry sauce: דער זשורעכלי֜נע־סאָס [DER ZhUREKhLÍNE-SOS] feast: די סעודה, ־ות [DI SÚDE, -S] give thanks for: זאָגן אַ דאַנק…

Verter fun der Vokh – Even More Coronavirus Vocabulary

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By: League for Yiddish

November 13, 2020

change one’s behavior: בײַטן דעם אוי֜פֿפֿיר; בײַטן די פֿי֜רונג; בײַטן ווי מע פֿירט זיך [BAYTN DEM ÚFFIR; BAYTN DI FÍRUNG; BAYTN VI ME FIRT ZIKh] community spread: דער פֿאַרשפּריי֜ט צווישן…

Yiddish Words of The Week: Elections

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By: League for Yiddish

October 23, 2020

Elections // די װאַלן // DI VALN absentee ballot: דער פֿאַרפֿע֜ל־צעטל, ־ען [DER FARFÉL-TSETL, -EN] ballot: דער שטי֜מצעטל, ־ען; די שטים, ־ען [DER ShTÍMTSETL, -EN; DI ShTIM, -EN] board of…

Verter fun der Vokh – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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By: League for Yiddish

September 24, 2020

equal protection clause: דער פּאַראַגראַ֜ף ‹פּונקט› וועגן גלײַכן שיץ [DER PARAGRÁF <PUNKT> VEGN GLAYKhN ShITS] equal rights: (גלײַ֜כע רעכט; די גלײַ֜ך־⁠באַרע֜כטיקונג (ל״י [GLÁYKhE REKhT; DI GLÁYKh-BARÉKhTIKUNG (sg.)] have equal rights: האָבן גלײַ֜כע רעכט;…

Verter fun der Vokh – Rosh Hashoneh

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September 17, 2020

blow the shofar: בלאָזן שופֿר [BLOZN ShÓYFER] cast off one’s sins: גיין צו תּשליך; אָ֜פּטרייסלען די עבֿירות [GEYN TSU TÁShLEKh; ÓPTREYSLEN DI AVÉYRES] Day of Judgment: דער יום־הדין [DER YOM-HADÍN] Days of Awe: ימים־נוראָים…

Verter fun der Vokh – Gun Control

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By: League for Yiddish

September 2, 2020

aim for: צי֜לעווע|ן אויף [TSÍLEVE|N AF] assault rifle: די שטו֜רעמביקס, ־ן [DI ShTÚREMBIKS, -N] barrel (of gun): די לו֜פֿע, ־⁠ס; די/דער רער, ־⁠ן [DI LÚFE, -S; DI/DER RER, -N] bullet:…