Dutch word Meaning Yiddish Hebrew Meaning afgepeigerd dead-tired - pèger corpse, dead body bajes jail - baïs, beth house blauw drunk blau be-lo without, nothing dalles poverty - dalloet poverty gabber a friend chawwer chaver comrade gajes bad people - gojiem/gajiem non- Jews/soldiers gannef a thief - ganob thief geinig funny - cheen favor, charm geintje a joke - cheen favor, charm gesjochten impoverished sjechten scheschten to butcher geteisem punks, bad people chatteisem - punks character ch for gis clever - ches, chet goochem goochem clever - gochom wise a man goser - goton son- in-law, groom (unfavorable) gotspe insolent brutality - choetspa insolence trouble, heibel - hewel a vain cause commotion heitje a quarter, 25 cents - character he 5 (5 nickels) gone and hoteldebotel confused - awar oe-woteel disappeared jajem Dutch gin (jenever) - jajim wine jat a hand - jad hand jatten to steal - jad hand joetje ten guilders - character jod 10 jofel good, nice - jopheh nice, useful kapsones 'airs', cockiness gawsones ga-awtanoet hubris kassiewijle died, gone - hasjiweinoe bring us back at each other's kinnesinne envy, jealousy - kin'a sin'a throat klabak a policeman - ? kèlew dog cheap brandy, koetsiertje chatso chatsie half (volume) glass koter a child koton katan small lammetje 1½ guilder, 150 ¢ - character lamed 30 (30 nickels) not for us (Psal. louloene no result - lou lonoe 115) mazzel luck, lucky break - mazal constitution meier 100 guilders - mei'oh one hundred mesjogge crazy - meshugo insane mies displeasing, ugly mies mioes inferiority miesgasser unpleasant person chazzer - pig miesponum unpleasant person - ponim face miesmacher a spoiler Gmc. to make machen Mokum Amsterdam Makon A. makon city (turf)molm money torf teref money ongein a nuisance - cheen favor, charm pennen to have sex pennen penai time of rest penose the criminal world - parnosoh job, breadwinning piegem a little man - pegimoh small handicap pleite gone, disappeared - peleitoh escape poen money ? melech punem the king's face ponum, face - ponim face porum rachmones pity - ragamonut pity ramsj overstock sale rammo-es ramma-oet deceit schorem bad people - sheqorim lies sjikse non-Jewish girl schikse sjiksjoh ugly young girl knowledge, answer/he has sjoege - tesjoewa/schogach presumption witnessed sjofel looking poor schophol sjafal wearing rags smeris policeman schmiere sjemiera supervision, guard smoezen to find excuses schmus sjemoe'ot rumors, reports sores trouble, worries tsores tsoro adversity, suffering stiekem sneaky sjtieke sjetieka to be silent tof 'cool', trustworthy - toob, tauw good tokus, toges ass, behind - tachat that which is below MORE HEBREW/YIDDISH WORDS IN DUTCH (less common)

Dutch word Meaning Yiddish Hebrew Meaning attenoie lo! - adonai eloheinu My Lord and God Lord of the Word: baldoveren to "sing" (betray) - baäl dobor informer bas, beis two beis character bet 2 unpleasant basserool bar jisroël son of Israel person bedibbern to talk, tell dabbern dabar to speak begiete afraid - begitoh afraid beis neighborhood - baïs, beth house Satan (Greek bekattering a reprimand - mequatreig katègoros) beseibelen to swindle seibel sebel dung betoeg well-to-do - betoeach certain biskopee excuses pischen pee pietchen pee opening mouth bollebof headman, chief baäl habojes baäl habaït master of the house broger man boocher bachoer student brooche salutation - beracha blessing dalven to beg dalfen dal poor eidjedies adultery - eesjet iesj another man's wife emmes, ippes excellent - èmèt true gallemieze broke - challasj weak gassie a cap - mechaseh covered gebroeze (bad) company - chawrusso company, group geiling a share - geilek share, part gondel a prostitute chonte - girl goref sabotage chorew - destroyed hachelen to eat achelen achiela food hillig adversity, failure - hilluch corridor/gait day's first jatmoos see moos earning jatschore stolen goods see schorem jeiles commotion - jeloloh lamentations jelletje young child - jeleed young child jen, jan year in jail Jemchen janim year Greek (famous jenner card sharper jowen - sharpers) expensive, jouker jakar - expensive, rare dangerous kalletje a girl, prostitute - kalla bride kaps broke ? kabtsen kabtsan beggar kassaie paper money kessaw ketaw 'paperwork' kedin good, safe - kadien conforming to law keiltje a glass of gin - keli barrel kelole spell, charm - keloleh curse kiepen to divide money kipoh/kübbo - vault/room, tent kim O.K. ken keen right cost nothing, koefnoen free ticket, cheap - characters k and n or 150 psalms kovet honor - koboud honor rent in clothes krieje adversity - kerie'ah (mourning) learned man, lampe trouble, danger lamden lamdon overseer not (Du. lauw = lou not - lo tepid) lou tof inferior quality - toob, tauw good lou sjoege no knowledge of see sjoege majem water - majim water majemen to rain - majim water makke blow, plague - makka blow, plague mazematte stolen goods - maso umaton trade meimus dead - meimit dead blow, beating, mekajem - makke blow battle melogem job, task - melochoh work mesomme money - mezumou ready, cash believer (Du. min mien creep mien ma-amien = low) unpleasant (-kat = Gmc. mieskat mioes inferiority person -keit) Dutch word Meaning Yiddish Hebrew Meaning misjpoge family, clan - miesjpacha family moos money mesz, mäsz mo'aut money mozeren to talk; betray - moseer informer muimes beating - mum body impairment nages happiness, joy - nagat quiet, comfort nekeiwe woman - nekewa woman nieges bad, inferior niechesj - superstitious fear niese woman, girl - iesja woman nifteren to kill - niphtar to kill olms old; crazy olom - world disheartened; pages - paachad fear sick parg term of abuse parch ? porach to sprout (scabies) patetter term of abuse partsef partsoof face pekaan under arrest kaan kaan here, on the spot penages easy, calm - nachat quiet, comfort piezakken to work hard pisacken pisseach lame, bent plat bribed polat peleitoh escape troublesome pl‚gisponem pl‚gesj piel‚gesj concubine woman poser farthing, coin - poshut basic, simple pote lost, gone - patoer dispensated rabbi moosjee ben rambam mild curse - Maimonides maimon ruined, to the Asmodeus (in ratsmodee - Aschmedai dogs Tobias) ribbemoos powerful person Rebmosche - (rabbi) Moses rojemen to scout, spy roojenen rô'ôh to see scheffen to be in jail - sheib to sit down face, name, name (Du. schim = schim - sheim 'fame' shadow) schore goods - secorah merchandise sereibel in trouble sereife serefa fire stew prepared in sjalet questionable - cholent advance sjaskenen to booze sjasjenen sjasjoon drinker sjikker drunk - sjikkoor drunk sjotrem the police - sjautrim cops soof guilder - zohuw gold, golden coin 'pub' (Latin spiese house, room Spiese aram. osjpieza hospitium) temeie hear prostitute - temea unclean tinnef junk, trash - tiennoef dirt tofelemone roman catholic tofel ommoone emoena 'old religion' treife unfavourable - terefa not allowed verkienen to sell verkiejenen ginjon sale, bought goods versmiegelen to betray s'licho - forgiveness wajewrach and Jacob fled wieberig gone - ja'akow (Genesis) ànd wisdom (too wijgoochem conceited - wechochme much) to swindle zeperen - sewel dung someone