When you hear 'chutzpah' are you hearing English or Yiddish?

'Chutzpah' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'ḥu ṣpā'. The word entered the English language some time around 1883.

chutzpah [noun] [1883]

Supreme self-confidence - nerve

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Etymology: Yiddish 'khutspe' from Late Hebrew 'ḥuṣpāh'

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