נישטיקייט

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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נישט (nisht) +‎ ־יקייט (-ikeyt). Compare German Nichtigkeit.

Noun

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נישטיקייט • (nishtikeyt) f, plural נישטיקייטן (nishtikeytn)

  1. nullity, futility, banality, vanity, negligibility, insignificance
  2. (in the plural) trivia
    Synonym: טריוויע (trivye)

References

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  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “נישטיקייט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “trivia”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “נישטיקײט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
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