shver

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Definitions

  • adj. Difficult, onerous, complex.

  • n. A father-in-law.

Example Sentences

  • "That's going to be shver."

  • "My Zaidy O”H was a beautiful man with a long, long white beard (no cracks about this time of year), anda real twinkle in his eyes, and my mother loved her shver very much, especially as she lost her own father when she was 12." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • first sense: שװער shver 'difficult; heavy'
    second sense: שװער shver 'father-in-law'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      schver, shveir, schveir, shvere, shveire

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