כעטשבעק

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hatchback, via Russian хетчбэ́к (xetčbɛ́k).

Noun

כעטשבעק • (khetshbek) m

1. (neologism) hatchback (automobile body style with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to a cargo area)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “hatchback”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN