shegetz

English

Alternative forms

• shegitz
• shaigetz, shaigets
• shaygets
• shkutz
• shkotz

Etymology

From Yiddish שייגעץ (sheygets), from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination”).

Noun

shegetz (plural shkotzim or shegetzes)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A gentile, a non-Jewish male.
   • 1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint‎^[1], New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 216:

     And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?

Related terms

• shiksa

Translations

non-Jewish male

• Czech: šejgec m, škocim m
• French: cheïguèts m, shegets m
• German: Schegez m
• Hebrew: שֶׁקֶץ (he) m (šeqeṣ)
• Hungarian: sejgec
• Russian: шейгец (ru) m (šejgec)
• Yiddish: שייגעץ m (sheygets)