שיכּורshiker meaning in Yiddish
drunkard, drunk · noun (masc.), adjective
Also spelled in English: shicker, shikker
Mind the vowel: in Yiddish it's shiker, not the Hebrew shikor. And when one too many turns into far too many, we say ער איז שיכּור ווי לוט — er iz shiker vi Lot, drunk as Lot, after the Lot of the Bible and his own trouble with wine.
דער פּויער איז אַהיים געגאַנגען שיכּור פֿון מאַרק.
“The peasant went home drunk from the market.”
Think of a time you've seen someone described as 'shiker' – was it with humor or concern?
Yiddish insults and put-downsYiddish words for food and drink
Published 3 October 2026