עג־קרים

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English egg cream. Some theories claim that the "egg" component of the English term derives from עכט (ekht).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

עג־קרים • (eg-krim) m

  1. (US, New York) egg cream (drink made with milk, seltzer water and syrup)

References[edit]

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “egg cream”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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