פֿאַרקאָכטfarkokht meaning in Yiddish
smitten, deeply engrossed · adjective (past participle of פֿאַרקאָכן), used with אין
A grown man has been stirring the same glass of tea for four minutes because she walked past the window. He is farkokht, stewed soft all the way through.
דער בחור איז אַזוי פֿאַרקאָכט אין איר, אַז ער האָט פֿאַרגעסן וווּ ער וווינט.
“The boy is so smitten with her that he forgot where he lives.”
Who were you farkokht in at sixteen?
Yiddish words for feelings and moods
Published 22 October 2026