כּלומרשט

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • מכּלומרשט (mikloymersht)
  • קלאָמפּערשט (klompersht)
  • מיקלאָמפּערשט (miklompersht)

Etymology

From ־שט (-sht) suffixed onto Hebrew כְּלוֹמַר (k'lomár, that is to say), from כְּ־ (k'-, as) + לוֹמַר (lomár), infinitive of אָמַר ('amár, to say).

Adverb

כּלומרשט • (kloymersht)

  1. as if, as though, as it were

Derived terms

  • אויף צו כּלומרשט (oyf tsu kloymersht, apparently, supposedly)
  • כּלומרשטיק (kloymershtik, apparent, supposed)
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