gesheft
Definitions
n. Business.
Example Sentences
Who knew that nursing homes would be such a good gesheft to get into?
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
געשעפֿט
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Great Britain
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
gescheft
Notes
The plural, gesheftn, can also be used to refer to business partners/co-workers.
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