 | English | German | |
 | plain talking | Tacheles Reden {n} [ugs.] [jidd.] | |
| Partial Matches |
| idiom to do some frank talking | Tacheles reden [ugs.] | |
| idiom to do some straight talking | Tacheles reden [ugs.] | |
| idiom to talk turkey [Am.] [coll.] | Tacheles reden [ugs.] | |
| idiom to talk up [speak distinctly and openly] | Tacheles reden [ugs.] | |
| idiom to give sb. a piece of one's mind | mit jdm. Tacheles reden [ugs.] | |
| to have a straight talk (with sb.) | mit jdm. Tacheles reden [ugs.] | |
| idiom Let's get down to brass tacks. [Br.] [coll.] | Lass uns mal Tacheles reden. [ugs.] | |
| to do some straight talking | Tachles reden [österr.] [jidd.] | |
| idiom straight talking | Tacheles [kein grammatisches Geschlecht] | |
| impractical dreamer [usually with no income] | Luftmensch {m} [jidd.] | |
| bonkers {adj} [coll.] | meschugge [ugs.] [jidd.] | |
| meshugge {adj} [Am.] [sl.] [yidd.] | meschugge [ugs.] [jidd.] | |
| to ponder | klären [nachdenken] [jidd.] | |
| piece of good luck | Masel {m} {n} [ugs.] [jidd.] | |
| relig. mezuzah | Mesuse {f} [jidd. Wortform] | |
| lit. buffoon | Pojaz {m} [jidd.: Bajazzo] | |
| matchmaker [shadchan] | Schadchen {m} [Jidd.: Heiratsvermittler] | |
| tuchus [chiefly Am.] [Yiddish] | Toches {m} [jidd.: Gesäß] | |
| trouble | Zores {m} [regional] [jidd.] | |
| shammes [Yidd.: sexton of a synagoge] | Schammes {m} [Synagogendiener] [jidd. Wortform] | |
| mishpocha | Mischpoche {f} [ugs., auch: Mischpoke] [jidd.] | |
| nobody [unimportant person] | Nebbich {m} [pej.] [aus dem Jidd.] | |
| livelihood | Parnusse {f} [veraltet ugs.: Einkommen] [jidd.] | |
| killing [coll.] [profit] | Rebbach {m} [ugs.] [aus dem Jidd.] | |
| killing [coll.] [profit] | Reibach {m} [ugs.] [aus dem Jidd.] | |
| shiksa | Schickse {f} [jidd.: nicht-jüdisches Mädchen] | |
| offensive floosie | Schickse {f} [leichtes Mädchen] [ursprüngl. jidd.] | |
| sense [intelligence] | Sechel {m} [veraltet ugs.: Verstand] [jidd.] | |
| words of advice | Ezzes {pl} [bes. österr.] [ugs.] [jidd.] [Ratschläge] | |
| face [countenance or appearance] | Ponem {n} [veraltet ugs.: Gesicht, Äußeres] [jidd.] | |
| machloikes [Yidd.] {pl} [sometimes sg.] [also makhloikes] [argument, quarrel, trouble] | Machloikes {pl} [jidd.] [heute selten] [Zwist, Ärger, Schwierigkeiten] | |
| machlokes [Yidd.] {pl} [sometimes sg.] [argument, quarrel, trouble] | Machloikes {pl} [jidd.] [heute selten] [Zwist, Ärger, Schwierigkeiten] | |
| family | Mischpoche {f} [ugs.] [auch pej.] [aus dem Jidd.] | |
| family | Mischpoke {f} [ugs.] [auch pej.] [aus dem Jidd.] | |
| family | Muschpoke {f} [ugs.] [auch pej.] [aus dem Jidd.] | |
| servant [also fig.] | Schammes {m} [österr.] [aus dem Jidd.] [auch fig.] | |
| out of waywardness [or spite] | aus Dafke [ugs.] [aus Eigensinn, Trotz] [jidd.] | |
| goless [Yidd.] [rare] [Galuth] [exile of the Jews, diaspora] | Goless {f} [selten] [Galut] [jidd. Wortform] [jüd. Diaspora, Exil] | |
| nebbish | Nebbisch {m} [selten für: Nebbich] [jidd.: armer Tropf, Niemand] | |
| jokes [witticisms, amusing anecdotes] | Lozelach {pl} [bes. österr. auch Lozelachs] [Jidd.: kleiner Spott, Witze] | |
| dogsbody | Schlappenschammes {m} [ugs., selten] [aus dem Jidd. verballhornt: Diener, Handlanger] | |
| to whisper secretively | mauscheln [ugs.] [pej.] [aus dem Jidd.: hinter vorgehaltener Hand reden] | |
| relig. chuppah [also chuppa, chupah, huppah] [wedding canopy] | Chuppa {f} [auch Chuppah, selten Khuppah oder Huppah] [jidd. Chuppe] [Traubaldachin] | |
| youngster [esp. Jewish youngster] | Bocher {m} [Jidd.: Bursche, Junge] [bes. jüdischer Junge] | |
| to argue | reden | |
| to discourse | reden | |
| to orate | reden | |
| to speak | reden | |
| to talk | reden | |
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