Yiddish Word of the Week: Drukn – דרוקן \DRUK-en\ Verb \ Past Participle: Gedrukt:

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Drukn - דרוקן \DRUK-en\ Verb \ Past Participle: Gedrukt:

Definition:
To print. Derived from: (דריקן) - to press, squeeze, oppress
Pronunciation:
Click here to hear a native German speaker pronounce "drucken" (and here for "drücken")
Synonyms:
(for drukn🙂 none (that I know of).
German equivalents:
drucken
Yiddish Phrases:
bakumen a falshn ayndruk (באקומען א פאלשן איינדרוק) - to get the wrong impression
shraybn mit gedrukte oysyes (שרייבן מיט געדרוקטע אותיות) - to use block letters when writing (rather than script)
Yiddish Expressions:

 1. A guter oysdruk makht a gutn ayndruk (א גוטער אויסדרוק מאכט א גוטן איינדרוק) - A fitting expression makes a good impression.

2.  4. Voyltog drikt a mol oykh dos harts op (וווילטאג דריקט א מאל אויך דאס הארץ אפ) - Pleasure sometimes also causes pain.

 

Sentence:

Drukn in a sentence: Ikh hob nisht gekent opdrukn mayn esey far klas vayl mayn druker iz kaput (איך האב נישט געקענט אפדרוקן מיין עסיי פאר קלאס ווייל מיין דרוקער איז קאפוט) - I wasn't able to print my essay before class because my printer is broken. (An excuse I have used many a time over the course of my college years...)

 

Have a gute vakh!

 

Review (khazore) of the previous three Yiddish Words-of-the-Week:
1. Tir (טיר) - a door, doorway
2. Arbetn (ארבעטן) - to work, labor
3. Mid (מיד) - tired, weary
I mistookenly put in the wrong synonyms for last week,s Word: tir... I only cut and paste the basics from Shaul's list - more digestible for beginners... so it was just a cut and paste error. Sorry!

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