צאַצקעtsatske meaning in Yiddish

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toy; (ironic) a fine little specimen · noun, feminine (plural: צאַצקעס, tsatskes)

Also spelled in English: tchotchke, chachka

A tsatske is the wooden horse on the nursery floor. Said the right way about a seven-year-old, it's the kid the principal just phoned about.

אונדזער צאַצקע האָט מען שוין ווידער אַהיימגעשיקט פֿון דער שול, צום דריטן מאָל די וואָך.

“Our little treasure got sent home from school again, for the third time this week.”

Who was the tsatske in your family, the kid everyone sighed about?

Published 11 October 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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