schlimazel

English

Alternative forms

• schlimazl
• shlimazel
• shlimazl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 n (baksuz)
• Yiddish: שלימזל‏‎ m (shlimazl)