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shkotzim

UK/ˈʃkɒtsɪm/US/ˈʃkɑtsɪm/

shkotzim is the plural of shegetz.

shkotzim is the plural of shkotz.

Meaning of shegetz

Noun

shegetz (plural shkotzim or shegetzes)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A gentile, a non-Jewish male.
    • And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 216

Origin of shkotzim

From Yiddish שקצים (shkotsem), from Hebrew שְׁקָצִים (shkatsím), plural of שֶׁקֶץ (shékets, “abomination”).

Questions about shkotzim

What is shkotzim the plural of?
Shkotzim is the plural of shegetz.
How do you pronounce shkotzim?
Shkotzim is pronounced /ˈʃkɑtsɪm/ (US).

Words near shkotzim in the dictionary

  1. Shkobba
  2. Shkodran
  3. Shkodrans
  4. Shkodër
  5. shkotz
  6. shkotzim
  7. shkoyach
  8. Shkupetar
  9. Shkupetars
  10. Shkypetar
  11. Shkypetars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shkotzim (page history and authors); shegetz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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