שטיצן

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Yiddish

Etymology

Compare German stützen.

Verb

שטיצן (shtitsn)

  1. to support
    • The Yiddish Forward, 22 July 2015 (Quotation of a speech by David Cameron)
      אַפֿילו אויב אַ מענטש שטיצט נישט קיין בלוט־פֿאַרגיסונג, אָבער גלייבט אין געוויסע אידעען פֿון אומטאָלעראַנץ, שפּילט ער אַ ראָלע אינעם שאַפֿן אַ קלימאַט, וואָס פֿאַרשטאַרקט דעם כּוח פֿון די עקסטרעמיסטן
      But you don’t have to support violence to subscribe to certain intolerant ideas which create a climate in which extremists can flourish.
      (literally) Even if a person doesn't support bloodshed, but believes in certain ideas of intolerance, he plays a role in creating a climate that empowers the extremists.
  2. to promote, to encourage
  3. to fund, to subsidize, to bankroll

Conjugation