Yidish - English

Letra G
Gai avek! – Go away
Gai feifen ahfen yam! – Go peddle your fish elsewhere!
Gai gezunterhait! – Go in good health
Gai in drerd arein! – Go to hell!
Gai kaken oifen yam! – Get lost (Lit: Go shit in the ocean!)
Gai mit dein kop in drerd – «Go with your head in the ground.» «Stick your head in the mud»
Gai platz! – Go split your guts!
Gai shlog dein kup en vant! – Go bang your head against the wall
Gai shoyn, gai. – Scram! also, Don’t be silly!
Gai strasheh di vantzen – You don’t frighten me! (Lit., Go threaten the bed bugs)
Gai tren zich. (taboo) – Go fuck yourself
Gait, gait! – Come now!
Gait es nit! – It doesn’t work!
Galitsianer – Jewish native of Galicia
Gants gut – Very good
Gantseh K’nacker! – «Big Shot»
Gantseh Macher – «Big shot.»
Gantseh megilleh – Big deal! (derisive)
Gantseh mentsh – Manly, a whole man, a complete man; an adult; a fellow who assumes airs
Gatkes – Long winter underwear
Geben shoychad – To bribe
Gebentsht mit kinder – Blessed with children
Gebentshte boych – Literally-blesses stomach (womb) (Said of a lady with a fabulous child or children,
Gebrenteh tsores – Utter misery
Gebrochener english – Fractured English
Gedainkst? – Remember?
Gedempte flaysh – Mystery meat
Gedicht – Thick, full, ample
Geferlech – Dangerous
Geharget zolstu veren! – Drop dead! (Lit., You should get killed.)
Gelaimter – Person who drops whatever he touches
Gelibteh – Beloved
Gelt – Money
Gelt gait tzu gelt. – Money goes to money.
Gelt is nisht kayn dayge – Money is not a problem.
Gembeh! – Big mouth!
Gemitlich – Slowly, unhurried, gently
Genaivisheh shtiklech – Tricky, sharp, crooked actions or doings
Genevishe oigen – Shifty eyes
Genug iz genug. – Enough is enough!
Gesheft – Business
Geshmak – Tasty, delicious
Geshtorben – The state of being dead.
Geshtroft – Cursed, accursed; punished
Geshvollen – Swollen, puffed up (Also applied to person with haughty pride)
Get – Divorce
Getchke – Statue
Gevaldikeh Zach! – A terrible thing! (often ironically)
Gevalt! – Heaven Forbid! (Exclamatory in the extreme.)
Gevalt geshreeyeh – good grief («help» screamed)
Gezunde tzores – Healthy troubles. Troubles one should not take too seriously.
Gezunt vi a ferd – Strong as a horse
Gezunteh moid! – Brunhilde, a big healthy dame
Gezunterhait – In good health
Gib mir nit kain einorah! – Don’t give me a canary! (Americanism, Lit., Don’t give me an evil eye)
Gib zich a traisel – Get a move on
Gib zich a shukl – Hurry up! (Give yourself a shake)
Gitte neshomah – good soul
Gleichvertel – Wisecrack, pun, saying, proverb, bon mot, witticism
Glezel tai – Glass of tea
Glezel varms – comforting or soothing (Lit: Glass of warmth)
Glick – Luck, piece of luck
Gloib mir! – Believe me!
Glustiyah – Enema
G’nossen tsum emess! – The sneeze confirmed the truth!
Goldeneh chasseneh – Fiftieth wedding anniversary
Goniff – Crook, thief, burglar, swindler, racketeer
Gopel – Fork
Gornisht – Nothing
Gornisht Helfin – Nothing will help
Got in himmel! – G-d in heaven! (said in anguish, despair, fear or frustration)
Got tsu danken – Thank G-d
Got zol ophiten! – G-d forbid!
Gote-Vorte – A good piece of information or short concise Torahy commentary.
Gotteniu! – Oh G-d! (anguished cry)
Goy – Any person who is not Jewish
Goyeh – Gentile woman
Goyim – Group of non-Jewish persons
Goyishe kop – Opposite of Yiddishe kop. Generally used to indicate someone who is not particularly smart or shrewd. (Definitely offensive.)
Greps – Blech; a burp if it’s a mild one
Grob – Coarse, crude, profane, rough, rude
Grober – Coarse, uncouth, crude person
Grober finger – Thumb
Grois-halter – Show-off, conceited person
Groisseh gedilleh! – Big deal! (said sarcastically)
Groisser gornisht – Big good-for-nothing
Groisser potz! (taboo) – Big penis! Big prick! (derogatory or sarcastic)
Grooten – To take after, to favour.
Groyser finger – Middle finger
Guggle muggle – A concoction made of warm milk and honey for sore throats
Gunsel – A young goose. Also used to describe a young man who accompanies a tramp or a young tramp.
Gut far him! – Serves him right!
Gut gezugt – Well said
Gut Shabbos – Good Sabbath
Gut Yontif – Happy Holiday
G’vir – Rich man