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shtreimel

shtreimel noun: a fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.

shtreimel: a fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and...
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Noun

shtreimel (plural shtreimels or shtreimlech)

  1. (Judaism) A fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.
    • My idea of a walk, influenced by Kazin and honed over these last nine years that I’ve lived in New York, involves a freewheeling thoughtfulness powered by the legs but fed by observation, a physical and mental stream of consciousness nudged this way and that by an infinite number of human...2007 August 19, Nicole Krauss, “The Walker and the Walk”, in New York Times

Forms of shtreimel

pluralshtreimels
pluralshtreimlech

Origin of shtreimel

Yiddish שטרײַמל (shtrayml).

Questions about shtreimel

What does shtreimel mean?
Shtreimel means a fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.
What part of speech is shtreimel?
Shtreimel is a noun.
What is the plural of shtreimel?
The plural of shtreimel is shtreimels.

Words near shtreimel in the dictionary

  1. Shtokavski
  2. shtook
  3. shtoom
  4. shtrafbat
  5. shtrafbats
  6. shtreimel
  7. shtreimels
  8. shtreimlech
  9. shtrudel
  10. shtrudels
  11. shtshav

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