לאַנדסמאַןlandsman meaning in Yiddish
someone from your own hometown back in the old country · noun, masculine (plural לאַנדסלײַט, landslayt)
Also spelled in English: landsleit
A man off the boat says one word, Berdichev, and a total stranger grabs his bag, his elbow and his whole future. That stranger is his landsman.
ווען ער איז אָנגעקומען קיין ניו־יאָרק, האָט אים אַ לאַנדסמאַן געגעבן אַ בעט און אַרבעט.
“When he arrived in New York, a landsman gave him a bed and a job.”
Who is your landsman, and which town do the two of you share?
Yiddish words for people and characters
Published 23 October 2026