Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A communal settlement in Israel, smaller and more singularly focused on agriculture than kibbutzes.
  

• n. An age-based group in the Habonim Dror movement.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish
• Modern Hebrew

Etymology

• קבוצה kvutzah 'group' > Y קבֿוצה kvutse
  

Who Uses This

• Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
• Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

Regions

• North America
• Great Britain

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

kvutsa, kvutsah, kvutzah