Definitions

• v. To have many troubles; to have a difficult time.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish
• English

Etymology

• האָבן צו זינגען און צו זאָגן hobn tsu zingen un tsu zogn, lit. 'to have to sing and to say'
  sometimes a partial English calque in which Yiddish האָבן hobn is replaced with English 'have'
  

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

hob tsu zingen un tsu zogn, hob tzu zingen un tzu zogn, hob tzu zingen un tzu zogn, hob tzu zingen un tzu zogen, hob tzu zingen un tzu zogen, have tsu zingen un tsu zogen, hob tsu zingen un tsu zogen