באַשערטbashert meaning in Yiddish

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destined, meant to be; (as a noun) one's destined match · adjective; used as a noun: דער באַשערטער / די באַשערטע

Also spelled in English: beshert, basherte

Illustration for the Yiddish word bashert

The match the family arranged, and the stranger she ended up laughing with on the train. Only one of them was bashert. In Yiddish the same word also covers the bus you missed and the shop that went under.

זי איז געפֿאָרן קיין לאָדזש אויף אַ שידוך, און אין דער באַן האָט זי באַגעגנט איר באַשערטן.

“She traveled to Łódź for a match, and on the train she met her bashert.”

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Published 5 November 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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