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Meaning of "shtetel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHTETEL

shtetel  [ˈʃtɛtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHTETEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shtetel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHTETEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shtetel

Shtetl

Shtetls (Yiddish: שטעטל, shtetl (singular), שטעטלעך, shtetlekh (plural)) were small towns with large Jewish population which existed in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. Shtetls were mainly found in the areas which constituted the 19th century Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Galicia and Romania. In Yiddish, a larger city, like Lemberg (Lviv) or Czernowitz, was called a shtot (Yiddish: שטאָט, German: Stadt); a village was called a dorf (דאָרף‎).

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHTETEL


abettal
əˈbɛtəl
fettle
ˈfɛtəl
gunmetal
ˈɡʌnˌmɛtəl
heavy-metal
ˈhɛvɪˈmɛtəl
kettle
ˈkɛtəl
metal
ˈmɛtəl
mettle
ˈmɛtəl
nettle
ˈnɛtəl
nonmetal
nɒnˈmɛtəl
nu-metal
ˌnjuːˈmɛtəl
petal
ˈpɛtəl
presettle
priːˈsɛtəl
prometal
prəʊˈmɛtəl
resettle
riːˈsɛtəl
settle
ˈsɛtəl
teakettle
ˈtiːˌkɛtəl
unsettle
ʌnˈsɛtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHTETEL

shrublike
shrug
shrug off
shrugged
shrugging
shrunk
shrunken
shtchi
shtetelach
shtetl
shtetlach
shtick
shticky
shtik
shtook
shtoom
shtuck
shtum
shtumm
shtup

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHTETEL

aparthotel
betel
cartel
dentel
family hotel
five-star hotel
hostel
hotel
intel
Keitel
kittel
listel
mantel
Martel
motel
pastel
pentel
private hotel
resort hotel
youth hostel

Synonyms and antonyms of shtetel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shtetel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHTETEL

Find out the translation of shtetel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shtetel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shtetel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

shtetel
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shtetel
570 millions of speakers

English

shtetel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shtetel
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shtetel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shtetel
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shtetel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shtetel
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shtetl
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shtetel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shtetel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shtetel
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shtetel
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shtetel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shtetel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shtetel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेटटेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shtetel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shtetel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shtetel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shtetel
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shtetel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shtetel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shtetel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shtetel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shtetel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shtetel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHTETEL»

The term «shtetel» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.663 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHTETEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shtetel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shtetel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shtetel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHTETEL»

Discover the use of shtetel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shtetel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lunch Reads Volume 4: Two mysterious short stories
I. IF ASKED, the residents of the Lomza shtetel would have described their home as a plain and ordinary place, perhaps a bit dreary but always peaceful. They would have also admitted to their lack of wealth without shame, possibly quoting  ...
E.B. Loan, Ted William Gross, 2011
2
Cross Cultural Approaches to Learning
Zborowski and Herzog refer to the importance of "the principle that all men are potentially equal" and Bienenstock concludes that egalitarian assumptions were of "decisive importance in the shteteV\ The shtetel he describes was an urban ...
Charles Christopher Harrington, 1973
3
Final Stamp: The Jewish Doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto
I had a stereotyped view of the shtetel Jew and Morris didn't fit that stereotype at all. I had always believed that the thousands of shtetels throughout the old Tsarist empire were isolated villages of Jews with little contact with the outside world.
Myron Winick M. D., Myron Winick, 2007
4
Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, ...
1745 A Wedding in Shtetel. “A Musical Comedy.” THEATRE: Eden Theatre; OPENING DATE: February 9, 1975; PERFORMANCES: 12; BOOK AND LYRICS: William Siegel; adapted by Lillian Lux; DI- RECTION: Pesach Burstein; MUSICAL  ...
Dan Dietz, 2010
5
Prayer & Community: The Havurah in American Judaism
Havurah members' romantic notions of the shtetel required them at times to overlook desperate poverty, internal conflicts, and class differentiation, as well as the excruciating oppression that led to the migration of Jews to the United States.
Riv-Ellen Prell, 1989
6
Journal of Anthropological Research
in the shtetel consists in guidance and advising rather than in commanding or exercising power over other persons. Authority is directional instead of coercive, for its source lies in the competent knowledge and wisdom of the bearer and in his ...
‎1950
7
Keeping Faith with the Psalms: Deepen Your Relationship with ...
The early twentieth-century author Joseph Roth wrote about the Jews of the shtetel/little Eastern European villages, “the shtetel Jews are not rare visitors of God, they live with him. In their prayers they inveigh against him, they complain at his ...
Daniel F. Polish, 2005
8
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions
Schliess' deine lieben blauen iinglcin zu. 21467. Schonste an dem lieben guten sonnner. 21468. Susann, die kann ja so lustig sein. 21652. Wenn im herbst die bliltter fallen .. . 27096. Kletter (Max) : Mame's zindele. 13738. Mein shtetel yaass.
‎1936
9
Taking Root: Narratives of Jewish Women in Latin America
I grew up with Abuela Berta, or Bobbe Bashe's, stories of Rubyshevish, her vanished shtetel town, which for her was the story of triumph over the many murderous attempts on her family's survival. She especially cherished the memory of the ...
Marjorie Agosin, 2009
10
The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
Updated Edition SHORT 566. SHORT -; shorts, shorty HO T D -; - SHORTEN -; shortens SHORTED - SHOYU -; shoyus SHORTIE -; shorties SHRTLY -; - SHORTIA -; shortias SHRED -, shotes SHORTIE -; shorties SHOTT -; shrewd, SHORTLY -t ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHTETEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shtetel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Comme une Légion d'honneur à tous les morts sans sépulture d …
Avec beaucoup d'émotion, l'enfant du « shtetel » polonais, son village juif aujourd'hui disparu dont l'existence est même niée par une partie de la population ... «Le Progrès, Jul 15»
2
New documentary reveals fifty shades of kreplach
On the soundtrack, Frank London's trumpet plays a soulful shtetel refrain. Instead of Tevye, we are introduced to David “Ziggy” Gruber, who will be our ... «The Riverdale Press, Feb 15»
3
New Film on a Once Lost Polish Synagogue That Rises Again
... canopy," reflecting a rich period of Polish Jewish history that contrasts sharply with the stereotypical images of impoverished Polish Jewish shtetel life. «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
4
פסגת הפחד: למה שליימה כל כך חושש מגרנט?
You learned this in the Shtetel? or the Sewage ? (ל''ת). , 11/02/15 13:32 ... primitive bigot, from the Shtetel or sewage- answer! pls (ל''ת). Avy, 11/02/15 14:29. «NRG, Feb 15»
5
Commentary: Christmas tree debate needs to take a holiday
And when I boldly left the shtetel to arrive in New England a half-century ago I merrily accepted the salutation of “Merry Christmas” in the spirit of ecumenical ... «MassLive.com, Dec 14»
6
Exchanging Supermom for Everywoman
I now know how far from the truth my youthful stereotype of the shtetel Bubby—naïve, somewhat simple, lacking emotional subtlety—is. Today, I'd love to have ... «Chabad.org, Nov 14»
7
Where to draw red lines with criticism of Israel?
... good sir, of dear fraulein, perhaps a progressive, inclusive, open minded and socially aware Jew unlike these smelly shtetel Jews we have already murdered? «The Times of Israel, Feb 14»
8
How the Concept of Shtetl Moved From Small-Town Reality to …
... it is considered one the greatest German writers. .Hereis how he depicts the Shtetel to the outside world: http://mirceavorona.blogspot.com/.../cute-video-with. «Tablet Magazine, Feb 14»
9
NYS Legislature to Recognize memory of Rabbi Weissmandl Today …
Always a visionary, Rabbi Weissmandl established a “shtetel” in Westchester, NY, where the survivors studied Torah, and it also provided them with jobs and ... «Yeshiva World News, Jan 14»
10
Why Sharon Matters
... served as defense minister) took pride in the young Sabra since the Scheinerman family and the Begin family were old friends from the same Belarus shtetel. «The Jewish Week, Jan 14»

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