פֿאַרוויאַנעטfarvyanet meaning in Yiddish
wilted · adjective (past participle of פֿאַרוויאַנען, to wilt)
Flowers left two days too long in the vase, and the person who has been on their feet since six in the morning. Yiddish gives them the same word.
נאָך אַ גאַנצן טאָג אויפֿן מאַרק איז זי אַהיימגעקומען פֿאַרוויאַנעט ווי די בלומען אין איר קאָשיק.
“After a whole day at the market she came home as wilted as the flowers in her basket.”
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Published 25 October 2026