iberkerenish

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Definitions

  • n. Upheavel, upset, disturbance.

Example Sentences

  • “'When I came downstairs,' Reb Avraham related, 'and told over what the Frierdiker Rebbe had said, oh, what an iberkerenish there was…'” (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • איבערקערעניש iberkerenish

      • 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

      eeberkerenish

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