shtetl
pronunciation
How to pronounce shtetl in British English:
UK [ˈʃtetl]
How to pronounce shtetl in American English:
US [ˈʃtɛtl, ˈʃtetl]
Word Origin
- shtetl (n.)
- Jewish small town or village in Eastern Europe, 1949, from Yiddish, literally "little town," from diminutive of German Stadt "city, town," from Old High German stat "place," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Example
- 1. Only now the prize is not a rabbinical appointment in some shtetl but the political direction of a powerful sovereign state .
- 2. Nozick started out a classic of the type : a brooklyn kid , one generation off the shtetl , toting a dog-eared plato .