aroysgevorfn

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Pronunciations

aroysgevorfn (ah-ROYS-geh-vor-fin) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Wasted; vain, useless.

Example Sentences

  • "Buying cell phone insurance is aroisgevorfene gelt."

  • “My mother would often end a lecture to me with the dour lament that her words were
probably in vain: ‘Aroysgevorfn verter,’ meaning ‘Thrown-out words.’ Was ever a phrase more heartfelt?” (NJY)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אַרױסגעװאָרפֿן aroysgevorfn

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      aroysgevorfen, aroisgevorfn, aroisgevorfen, aroysgevorfene, aroysgevorfne, aroisgevorfne, aroisgevorfene

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