schlimazel
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schlimazel
- /ʃləˈmɑːzəl/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”)
noun schlimazels · schlemazel · schlemozzle · schlimazl · shlimazel · shlimazl
- A chronically unlucky person. I must have pressed two buttons at once, he decided; jammed the works and got this schlimazl’s eye view of reality.
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noun a chronically unlucky person
| Español | gafe |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Pechvogel |
| Italiano | sfigato |
| Ελληνικά | γρουσούζης grousoúzis, γκαντέμης gkantémis |
Talk about this word "schlimazel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/schlimazel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. schlimazel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/schlimazel "schlimazel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/schlimazel.Cite this
@misc{schlimazel_2026,
title = {schlimazel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schlimazel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
