בלאָטעblote meaning in Yiddish

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mud (and, by extension, worthless nonsense) · noun, feminine

The word for the sludge in the road became the word for what someone is talking when they are talking rubbish. Same mud, different mouth.

נאָכן רעגן איז דער גאַנצער מאַרק געוואָרן איין בלאָטע ביז די קנעכלעך.

“After the rain, the whole market turned into mud up to the ankles.”

Think of the last time a street or a path was so churned up you had to pick where to put your foot.

Published 26 August 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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