חוצפּה

See also: חוצפה

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Aramaic חוֹצְפָּא (ḥuṣpāʾ, “audacity”).

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /ˈχʊt͡spə/
(Mideastern) IPA^(key): /ˈχɪt͡spə/

Noun

חוצפּה • (khutspe) f

chutzpah; audacity

Derived terms

חוצפּהדיק (khutspedik)

Descendants

→ Czech: chucpe
→ Dutch: gotspe
→ English: chutzpah
→ German: Chuzpe
→ Hungarian: hücpe
→ Polish: hucpa
→ Russian: хуцпа (xucpa)

See also

כוואַט (khvat)