schlemiel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil).
Pronunciation
Noun
schlemiel (plural schlemiels)
Translations
clumsy person
See also
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
schlemiel m (plural schlemielen, diminutive schlemieltje n)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Yiddish
- English terms derived from Yiddish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːl
- Rhymes:English/iːl/2 syllables
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:People
- Dutch terms derived from Yiddish
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch informal terms