פֿאַרגעניגן

Yiddish

Etymology

See German Vergnügen.

Noun

פֿאַרגעניגן • (fargenign) m or n, plural פֿאַרגעניגנס (fargenigns)

1. pleasure
   • 1947, Aaron Lebedeff (lyrics and music), “רומעניע, רומעניע [rumenye, rumenye, Roumania, Roumania]” (78 RPM), Broadway, NY: Banner Records, →OCLC, accompanied by Abe Ellstein and his Orchestra:

     אײַ, אַ פֿאַרגעניגן איז נאָר רומײניש ווײַן!

     ay, a fargenign iz nor rumeynish vayn!

     Oh, just a pleasure is Romanian wine!