שונדshund meaning in Yiddish
trashy melodrama; cheap crowd-pleasing schlock · noun (masculine: דער שונד)
Historical word - The orphan coughs, the mother dies, the long-lost brother walks in just in time. The whole hall is weeping, and the critic in row three writes one word in his notebook.
דער נײַער פֿילם איז אַ שטיק שונד, אָבער איך האָב געוויינט ווי אַ קינד.
“The new film is a piece of shund, but I cried like a child.”
Do you have your own shund story — who or what comes to mind?
Yiddish words for music, parties and entertainment
Published 18 September 2026