חוצפּה

See also: חוצפה

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈχʊt͡spə/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈχɪt͡spə/

Noun

חוצפּה • (khutspe) f

  1. chutzpah; audacity

Derived terms

Descendants

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

See also

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