גלוסטן זיךglustn zikh meaning in Yiddish

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to crave, to have a yen for · reflexive verb (impersonal, with dative)

Nobody decides to want a pickle at half past eleven at night. Yiddish grammar admits this: the craving shows up and finds you.

ס'איז האַלב צוועלף בײַ נאַכט, און ס'גלוסט זיך מיר דווקא אַ זויערע אוגערקע.

“It's half past eleven at night, and of all things I'm craving a sour pickle.”

What are you craving right now, in one sentence starting with s'glust zikh mir?

Published 21 October 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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