khapenish

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Definitions

  • n. A hurry; haste.

  • n. Capture.

Example Sentences

  • "Then there was the added trouble of chapenish [capture]. The Austrian authorities instituted a system of forced labor." (Luboml: The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • כאַפּעניש khapenish

      • 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

      chapenish, khapenisch, chapenisch

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