אָנשיקעניש
onshikenish
a nuisance or pest foisted on you (as if by fate) · noun (feminine)
A word that means, literally, 'something sent upon you.' You use it about a broken pipe. You use it more often about a relative who won't leave. A disaster.
מײַן שוויגער איז אַ ריכטיקע אָנשיקעניש , יעדן זונטיק קומט זי אויף מיטאָג און בלײַבט ביזן נאַכט. א ברוך.
“My mother-in-law is a proper onshikenish — every Sunday she comes for lunch and stays till night.”
Think of a situation (or person!) that felt like a true onshikenish—a problem sent from above that you just had to endure.
Published 2 September 2026