| English |
In
Yiddish It Means |
| ale | all |
| alter | older |
| bald | soon |
| ban | train |
| band | volume (book) |
| bank | bench |
| bar | pear |
| bay | at, by |
| bet | ask |
| bin | am, bee |
| boy | build |
| dank | thank |
| dales | poverty |
| dare | thin |
| din | thin |
| dine | thin |
| diner | servant |
| dire | apartment |
| do | here |
| dray | three |
| elf | eleven |
| eyer | before |
| fang | start |
| far | for, before |
| felt | missing |
| fest | firm |
| fiber | fever |
| fir | four |
| firer | leader |
| firn | to drive |
| flit | flies |
| flash | bottle |
| for | ride |
| fort | rides |
| fray | free |
| frier | earlier |
| fun | from |
| gal | gall |
| gang | walk, pace |
| gas | street |
| gay | go |
| gel | yellow |
| get | divorce |
| gist | pours |
| glider | limbs |
| got | G-d |
| gram | rhyme |
| grin | green |
| grinder | founder |
| grins | vegetable |
| grist | greets |
| grub | pit |
| gut | good |
| halt | hold |
| hart | hard |
| has | hate |
| heft | notebook |
| held | hero |
| her | hear |
| hey | a letter |
| hint | dogs |
| hinter | behind |
| hits | heat |
| host | have |
| hot | has |
| hunt | dog |
| hut | hat |
| ire | her |
| kale | bride |
| ken | know, able |
| kern | sweep |
| kiln | to cool |
| kin | chin |
| kind | child |
| kinder | children |
| kraft | strength |
| lager | camp |
| lamed | a letter |
| last | burden |
| late | patch |
| lend | hip |
| lets | jester |
| lid | song |
| limed | subject |
| links | left |
| linker | leftist |
| lite | Lithuania |
| lost | permits |
| make | plague |
| mark | market |
| marsh | march |
| me, men | one, you |
| mel | flour |
| mer | carrot |
| mid | tires |
| mire | myrrh |
| mist | garbage |
| nay | new |
| nets | wetness |
| nor | only |
| nun | a letter |
| nuts | use |
| on | without |
| past | proper |
| pave | peacock |
| pay | pie |
| pots | penis |
| rip | rib |
| rod | wheel |
| roman | romance |
| rot | council |
| roy | raw |
| rum | glory |
| sam | poison |
| shames | sexton |
| shin | a letter |
| shit | pour |
| shod | shame |
| shrift | font |
| sin | a letter |
| sine | hate |
| sod | secret, orchard |
| take | really |
| tap | touch |
| tint | ink |
| tip | type |
| toes | error |
| tog | day |
| ton | to do |
| top | pot |
| torn | permitted |
| tray | faithful |
| trot | footstep |
| trunk | drink |
| tut | does |
| vane | bathtub |
| vent | walls |
| vet | will |
| vest | will |
| volt | would |
| yak | jacket |
| yam | sea |
| zen | to see |
| zest | sees |
| zig | victory |
| zing | sing |
| zinger | singer |