כעשטעג

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• האַשטאַג (hashtag)

Etymology

Borrowed from English hashtag, via Russian хеште́г (xeštég).

Noun

כעשטעג • (kheshteg) m, plural כעשטעגן (kheshtegn)

1. (Internet, neologism) hashtag

Usage notes

• האַשטאַג (hashtag) appears to be the more common term these days, however כעשטעג (kheshteg) is found in the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (2016), and is most likely more commonly used by Russian speakers.

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “כעשטעג”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press