שטיפֿערshtifer meaning in Yiddish
a mischievous, restless child; a little rascal · noun (masculine)
The chair goes back on two legs. Your glasses vanish. Somebody is snickering behind the couch. That somebody is a shtifer.
אונדזער יונגסטער איז אַזאַ שטיפֿער, מען קען אים קיין רגע נישט אָפּלאָזן פֿון די אויגן.
“Our youngest is such a shtifer, you can't take your eyes off him for a second.”
Think of the one kid in your class the teacher always seated in the front row — that was the shtifer.
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Published 25 August 2026