• Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German. (Mark Twain)

Freitag, 28. Februar 2014

Yiddish left it's marks on the German language

Schlamassel (Misserfolg) - mess, trouble

Ein schönes Schlamassel!

vermasseln (verderben) - to mess up 

Er hat es total vermasselt

These words derive from the yiddish expression "massel" or "masel" which means "luck" 

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