kleynikeyt

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Definitions

  • n. A trifle, insignificant matter.

Example Sentences

  • "My father, a survivor, fasted every Yom Kippur. 'Even in lager [camp], Yom Kippur I fasted,' he would say. Going without food or water for 25 hours was a kleynikeyt to him, a trifle." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • קלײניקײט kleynikeyt

      • 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

      kleynikayt, klaynikayt

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