שענק

Yiddish

Etymology

Related to the verb שענקען (shenken) with its former meaning "to pour". Compare German Schenke (“pub”) and Plautdietsch Schenkj (“tavern, bar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛnk/

Noun

שענק • (shenk) f, plural שענקען (shenken)

  1. bar, tavern, pub
    • 1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, pages 139, 140:
      דער טאַבאַק־סוחר איז אַריין אין שענק אויפן ראָג שפּיטאָל־גאַס און יאַטקעווער, אויסגעטרונקען ביים בופער עטלעכע גלעזלעך שנאַפּס און אַ מרוקע געטאָן דעם שענקער.
      der tabak-soykher iz arayn in shenk oyfn rog shpitol-gas un yatkever, oysgetrunken baym bufer etlekhe glezlekh shnaps un a mruke geton dem shenker.
      The tobacco merchant went into the tavern on the corner of Hospital and Butchers streets, and drank several glasses of schnapps, and growled at the innkeeper.
  • שענקער (shenker)

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “שענק” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
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