Is 'shtetl' English, or is it actually Yiddish?

'Shtetl' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'shtetl'. The word entered the English language some time around 1949.

shtetl [noun] [1949]

A small Jewish town or village formerly found in Eastern Europe

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Etymology: Yiddish 'shtetl' from Middle High German 'stetel' diminutive of 'stat' place, town, city, from Old High German, place

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