schlimazel

English

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Alternative forms

• schlimazl
• shlimazel
• shlimazl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃləˈmɔːzəl/

Etymology

Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”)

Noun

schlimazel (plural schlimazels)

1. A chronically unlucky person.

Related terms

• schlemiel

Translations

a chronically unlucky person

• Dutch: pechvogel (nl), schlemiel (nl)
• German: Pechvogel (de) m

• Italian: sfigato (it) n
• Serbo-Croatian: баксуз (sh) (baksuz) n
• Yiddish: שלימזל (yi) (shlimazl) m