shvitz

English

Etymology

From Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German sweizzen (Modern German Schweiß, schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).

Noun

shvitz (countable and uncountable; plural shvitzes)

1. Sweat.
2. A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin.

Translations

sweat — see sweat

steam bath

• Yiddish: שוויצבאָד (yi) (shvitsbod) f

Verb

shvitz (third-person singular simple present shvitzes, present participle shvitzing, simple past and past participle shvitzed)

1. (intransitive) To sweat.