farshteyst

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Pronunciations

farshteyst (far-SHTAYST) listen

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Definitions

  • interj. "Do you understand?"; "You got that?"

Example Sentences

  • "I'm driving you home because there's no way you're walking all the way there by yourself. Farshteyst?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פֿאַרשטײסט farshtéyst, second person singular form of פֿאַרשטײן farshtéyn 'to understand'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      farshtayst, farshteyt, farshteit, farshteist, farshtayt

Notes

  • Some English speakers with Yiddish knowledge distinguish between singular informal "farshteyst" and plural/formal "farshteyt."

    See also farshtey and farshteit zich.

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