kittel
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Kittel¹
proper noun
- A surname.
kittel²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish קיטל (kitl).
noun kittels
- A white linen or cotton robe worn by religious Ashkenazi Jews on holidays, in the synagogue, or at home when leading the Passover seder. When I got married, my grandmother showed up at the wedding with a bottle of the whitest wine she could find, so that we wouldn’t ruin my seventy-five dollar kittel and my wife’s thousand-dollar wedding dress. (And at this point I would like to point out that I have worn my kittel at least twice a y
Talk about this word "kittel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kittel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kittel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kittel "kittel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kittel.
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@misc{kittel_2026,
title = {kittel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kittel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
