היימישheymish meaning in Yiddish
homey, unpretentious, homemade-comfortable · adjective
Also spelled in English: haimish, heimish
The soup comes in a dented pot, the chairs don't match, and somehow you stay three hours longer than you planned. That whole feeling has one word in Yiddish.
אַז איך קום אָן צו איר, שטעלט זי גלײַך אַ טעפּל יויך אויפן טיש — אַזוי היימיש איז עס בײַ איר.
“The minute I show up at her place she puts a pot of soup on the table — that's how heymish it is over there.”
Who makes the most heymish food in your family, and what is it?
Yiddish words for feelings and moodsYiddish words for family and home
Published 23 September 2026