לײַסטונג

Yiddish

Etymology

From German Leistung (“performance, accomplishment”).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈɫaɪ̯stʊŋɡ/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈɫaːstɪŋɡ/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /ˈɫastɨŋɡ/

Noun

לײַסטונג • (laystung) f

1. (Khurbn) impossibly demanding work

References

• Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.1, 239. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909