shtetl

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Definition of shtetl in English English dictionary

A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe

Albert Speer had a big vision for it during the Third Reich, with boulevards and gigantic monuments, and we definitely don't want that again. It's a collection of villages, of shtetls as we say in Yiddish.

(Tarih) (plural shtetlach or shtetls) A small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe. 1940s: Yiddish, 'little town'

Eskiden Doğu Avrupada bulunan küçük bir Yahudi kasabasının adı

The shtetl of Frampol is a place where life has a mystical quality, the people are superstitious, survival is difficult, and everyday events and concerns revolve around Jewish faith and traditions.

{i} (Yiddish) "little town", small Jewish community or town that existed in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust

Etymology

() From Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village”), from שטאָט (shtot, “city”) (compare German Stadt) Old High German stat *stadiz *stetis-.