Masel tov
Masel tov (מזל טוב) is Yiddish and Hebrew and roughly translated means good luck or Good luck . It goes back to the Hebrew mazal (with a voiced s), which originally means zodiac sign . Chabad interprets the word as a drop from above . Tov literally means “good”.
Masel-tov or mazal-tov is written with the Hebrew script מזל־טוב and is also used in Yiddish, but in Hebrew the second syllable of "mazal" is emphasized and in Yiddish the first is emphasized ("masel").
The phrase is often used in the sense of congratulations! second hand. Like other blessings , this is repeated often and occasionally loudly at Jewish weddings and bar mitzvas .
Colloquially, Masel tov is sometimes used sarcastically when congratulations are inappropriate or overdue.
Use in German
The root masal or masel or massel and their derivatives have entered German via Yiddish and are also alive in regional dialects. For example, it can be found in the word mess (which stands for failure ) or in the word mess (which stands for not being lucky or not being successful ).
In the Austrian dialect , at least in the Central Bavarian language area , "Masel" or "Masen" (spoken: Mas'l or Mas'n ) means "luck", for example in the phrase "a Mas'l / Mas'n hom" ("Glück to have"). In a similar phrase, “Masel (g) ha”, the word is also known in Swiss German . In the Münster Masematte , pig stands for "luck".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The word mazel literally means 'a drip from above'." Mazel can have different connotations depending on its context, but they are all connected to this basic definition — something trickling down from above. Moss Aron: What Does “Mazel Tov” Mean? . In: Questions & Answers: Kabbalah & The Mystical . Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ Masen in the database on the German language in Austria (page accessed on April 10, 2008). (The database operation was discontinued on December 31, 2015.)
- ^ Masel in the dialect dictionary (page accessed on July 18, 2009).