פֿאַרקנאַקטfarknakt meaning in Yiddish
smitten, head-over-heels, crazy about someone · adjective
He has read the same page of his newspaper nine times because she walked past the window. That condition has a name in Yiddish: farknakt.
זי איז אַזוי פֿאַרקנאַקט אין אים, אַז זי פֿאַרגעסט צו עסן.
“She's so smitten with him that she forgets to eat.”
Who was the person you were first farknakt over, and did they ever find out?
Yiddish words for feelings and moods
Published 1 October 2026