לײַסטונג

Yiddish

Etymology

From German Leistung (“performance, accomplishment”).

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈɫaɪ̯stʊŋɡ/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈɫaːstɪŋɡ/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ˈɫastɨŋɡ/

Noun

לײַסטונג • (laystung) f

  1. (Khurbn) impossibly demanding work

References

  • Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.1, 239. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909
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