shegetz

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shegetz

  • /ˈʃeɪɡəts/

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From Yiddish שייגעץ (sheygets), from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination”).

noun shkotzim · shegetzes · shegitz · shaigetz · shaigets · shaygets

  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?

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noun non-Jewish male

Françaischeïguèts, shegets
DeutschSchegez
Русскийшейгец šejgec
עבריתשֶׁקֶץ šeqeṣ

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@misc{shegetz_2026,
  title = {shegetz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shegetz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}