shverkait

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Definitions

  • n. A problem, difficulty.

Example Sentences

  • “We had a shverkait figuring out how they made a parve pizza." (Weiser)

  • “We were meyashev the shverkait by discovering that the sefer attempted to deal with several bazundere topics at the same time.” (Weiser)

  • "The shverkeit comes when a person feels he is losing out." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שװערקײט shverkeyt 'heaviness'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      shverkeit, shverkeyt, shverkayt

Notes

  • Plural shverkaiten.

    See also shver.

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