kol b'seder

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Pronunciations

kol b'seder (KOHL beh-SAY-dur) listen
kol b'seder (KOHL beh-SEH-der) listen

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Definitions

  • interj. Everything's fine.

Example Sentences

  • "How's it going in there?" "Kol b'seder!"

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Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • כל בסדר kol beseder, lit. 'all in order', more commonly הכל בסדר hakol beseder, lit. 'everything is in order, everything is okay'

      • Who Uses This

      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      ha'kol b'seder, hakol beseder

Notes

  • This phrase has been incorrectly suggested as the etymology for English "copacetic."

    See also beseder.

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