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shtetlech

shtetlech is the plural of shtetl.

Meaning of shtetl

Noun

shtetl (plural shtetls or shtetlach or shtetlech or shtetlekh)

  1. A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
    • However, you are right to suspect that there is some connection between my carefully considered opinion of the Hebrew people and this marvellous recital which your waxy ears, full of the cheesy gunk of the shtetl, have been so fortunate to hear.1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull

Questions about shtetlech

What is shtetlech the plural of?
Shtetlech is the plural of shtetl.

Words near shtetlech in the dictionary

  1. shtetelach
  2. shtetels
  3. shtetl
  4. shtetlach
  5. shtetle
  6. shtetlech
  7. shtetlekh
  8. shtetles
  9. shtetls
  10. Shteyngart
  11. Shteyngartian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shtetlech (page history and authors); shtetl (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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