nisht visndik

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Definitions

  • adj. Unaware, unknowing, ignorant; unconcerned.

Example Sentences

  • "My pain is that so many in the institutional Jewish community make themselves nisht visindik — as if unknowing — and they would prefer that we not see and that we not talk about what we do see." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • ני(ש)ט װיסנדיק ni(sh)t visndik

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      nisht vissndik, nisht vissendik, nisht vissindik, nisht visendik, nisht visindik, nit visindik, nit visendik, nit vissindik, nit visndik, nit vissndik, nit vissendik

Notes

  • Definitions were contributed from Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow.


    See also makh zikh nit visndik.

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