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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, townlet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Schtetl n (strong, genitive Schtetls, plural Schtetl or Schetlech) (the second plural is borrowed from Yiddish)
- (historical) shtetl
2017, Erwin Javor, Ich bin ein Zebra: Eine jüdische Odyssee, Amalthea Signum Verlag, →ISBN:Das Schtetl ist, mit Sehnsucht verklärt, im kollektiven jüdischen Gedächtnis immer noch präsent. Auch und besonders jene, die es verdrängen wollen, als Ballast empfinden und über lange Strecken hinweg vergessen, tragen es weiter in sich.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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