farshtey
Definitions
v. To understand.
Example Sentences
"That is actually a higher form of mesiras nefesh. You just lack the pnimius to farshtey der inyan." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
פֿאַרשטײן farshteyn 'to understand'
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
farshtay, farshtei, farshtai
Notes
See also farshteyst, farshteit zich, and farshtey a krenk.
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