Yiddish Word of the Day - "Losing"

Jewish Humor Central · 3 weeks ago · 154 views

In 2020 the Forverts launched a daily series of short informal video clips called Yiddish Word of the Day.The series, written and narrated by Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter, aims to give non-Yiddish speakers an introduction to familiar Yiddish words and phrases and how they might be used in everyday situations.  Schaechter, who was appointed the new editor of the Forverts in 2016, is the first woman to helm the paper in its 119-year history, its first editor to have been born in the United States, and likely its first editor who is shomeret Shabbat. We posted the first of this series in May 2020. Now that the Forverts is continuing the series, we'll continue sharing some of the words and phrases as a regular feature of Jewish Humor Central.In Yiddish, the verbs for losing a game, losing your glasses and losing your way are all different.Today we get to learn the Yiddish word for losing and some of the words and expressions associated with loss.Enjoy!