shegetz

shegetz

English

Alternative forms

• shegitz
• shaigetz, shaigets
• shaygets
• shkutz
• shkotz[1]

Etymology

From Yiddish שייגעץ‎ (sheygets), from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ‎ (šeqeṣ, “abomination”).

Noun

shegetz (plural shkotzim or shegetzes)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A gentile, a non-Jewish male.
   • 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, 1994, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life,” p. 216,

     And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?

Related terms

• shiksa

Translations

non-Jewish male

Czech: šejgec m, škocim m French: cheïguèts m, shegets m German: Schegez m Hebrew: שֶׁקֶץ‎ (he) m (šeqeṣ) Hungarian: sejgec Russian: шейгец (ru) m (šejgec) Yiddish: שייגעץ‎ m (sheygets)

References

1. Fred Kogos, Dictionary of Yiddish Slang and Idioms (1968, →ISBN