Saturday, 12 November 2022

Yiddish 'kvetch' in the English language

'Kvetch' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'kvetch'. The word entered the English language some time around 1952.


kvetch [verb] [circa 1952]
To complain habitually - gripe
See 'kvetch' on the Loan Words Map

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Etymology: Yiddish 'kvetshn' literally, to squeeze, pinch, from Middle High German 'quetschen'
See more loan words from 1950s.


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