שטות

Hebrew

Noun

שְׁטוּת • (shtut) f (plural indefinite שטויות)

  1. nonsense, drivel, idiocy, bullcrap, poppycock

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שְׁטוּת, perhaps related to שָׂטָה (“to go astray”).[1]

Noun

שטות • (shtus) f or n, plural שטותים (shtusim), feminine plural שטויות (shtuyes)

  1. foolishness, nonsense

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: Stuss

References

  1. ^ H7847 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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