vos tut zikh

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Definitions

  • interj. What's going on?

  • interj. How are you? What's new?

Example Sentences

  • "'Vos tut zikh?' (What's going on?) Leona Helmsley left $12 'milyon' to her dog, Trouble? Why in dog dollars that's $84 'milyon!'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • װאָס טוט זיך vos tut zikh 'what is going on'

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      vos tut zich

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