What Does Kvetch Mean?

Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods is a 2005 book by Michael Wex devoted to Yiddish. In this book, "Wex is a rare combination of Jewish comic and scholarly cultural analyst". The book became a New York Times Bestseller and was followed by a Yiddish phrasebook Just Say Nu.

What does kvetch mean in Yiddish?

Word Origin for kvetch

C20: from Yiddish kvetshn, literally: to squeeze, press.

How do you use kvetch in a sentence?

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. (1) She's kvetching all the time. (2) You can either kvetch, or actually do something about it. (3) You can kvetch all you want about Hugo SAYING that he considers Gaddafi a friend.