kvetch
kvetch · kvetches
нытик
A person who endlessly whines or complainsA person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
/kvɛt͡ʃ/
» Tom is a kvetch.
Том - нытик.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
ны́тикnýtik
An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.
(Yiddish) a nagging complaint
Examples
7 sentencesTom is a kvetch.
ruТом - нытик.
Tom is such a kvetch.
The cat is a kvetch.
Tom's a kvetch.
ruТом - нытик.
Kvetching is an art form.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
person who endlessly whines or complains:
Origin
From Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German queFrom Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).
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