Yiddish

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Etymology

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וווּרשט (vursht) +‎ ־ערײַ (-eray).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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וווּרשטערײַ (vurshterayf, plural וווּרשטערײַען (vurshterayen)

  1. delicatessen (shop selling prepared foods)
    Synonym: דעליקאַטעסן (delikatesn)

References

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  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “delicatessen”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN