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heidi

Sat, Jan 09 2016, 11:04 am

just saw this thread.
Can anyone tell me what "shtertzle" means??
Even my yiddish speaking friend has never heard of it

Sadie

Sat, Jan 09 2016, 11:20 am

heidi wrote:

just saw this thread.
Can anyone tell me what "shtertzle" means??
Even my yiddish speaking friend has never heard of it

Do you mean what Nochem calls Libby? I thought it might be a diminutive of "shtern" or star, like "my little star" but I also hadn't heard it before.

amother

Firebrick

Sat, Jan 09 2016, 11:44 am

And consider that the actors actually learned some Yiddish and my DH says some spoke it pretty convincingly.

CEF

Mon, Jan 11 2016, 7:43 am

heidi wrote:

just saw this thread.
Can anyone tell me what "shtertzle" means??
Even my yiddish speaking friend has never heard of it

So I asked someone who speaks yiddish as their first langugage what it means and he explained that it's a small lid of a cooking pot. So it basically means something small and sweet and cute and that fits quite perfectly.
I find it bizzarre to call someone that but it kinda sounds quite neat too!

CEF

Mon, Jan 11 2016, 7:51 am

heidi wrote:

just saw this thread.
Can anyone tell me what "shtertzle" means??
Even my yiddish speaking friend has never heard of it

in fact, see this:

Quote found online:

'Every Teppele has a Shtertzele' = Every "pot" has a "lid"

suremom

Mon, Jan 11 2016, 8:30 am

its a yiddish saying
'yeide tup hut zein shtertzele'
meaning every pot has its cover. its usually refers to a newlywed couple that complement/understand each other very well.
never heard of shtertzele as a nickname on a kid. (have heard it on a spouse...) you live and you learn, I guess.