חוצפּה

See also: חוצפה

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Aramaic חוֹצְפָּא (ḥuṣpāʾ, “audacity”).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈχʊt͡spə/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈχɪt͡spə/

Noun

חוצפּה • (khutspe) f

1. chutzpah; audacity

Derived terms

• חוצפּהדיק (khutspedik)

Descendants

• → Czech: chucpe
• → Dutch: gotspe
• → English: chutzpah
• → German: Chuzpe
• → Hungarian: hücpe
• → Polish: hucpa
• → Russian: хуцпа (xucpa)

See also

• כוואַט (khvat)