Shtetl Definition

shtĕtl, shtātl
shtetlach, shtetls
noun
Any of the former Jewish village communities of E Europe, esp. in Russia.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shtetl

Noun

Singular:
shtetl
Plural:
shtetlach, shtetls

Origin of Shtetl

  • From Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village"), from שטאָט (shtot, “city") (compare German Stadt), from Old High German stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéhâ‚‚tis.

    From Wiktionary

  • Yiddish from Middle High German stetel diminutive of stat town from Old High German place stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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