freg mikh bekheyrem

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Definitions

  • sent. I have no idea.

Example Sentences

  • "Do you know where he is?" "Freg mikh bekheyrem!"

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • Y פֿרעג מיך בחרם freg mikh bekheyrem, lit. '(it's as if you) ask me under a ban'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      freg mich becheyrem, freg mikh bekhayrem, freg mich bechayrem

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