שפּאַנט

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Yiddish

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Verb

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שפּאַנט (shpant)

  1. strides third-person singular of שפּאַנען (shpanen).
    A dampfshif hostu oysgetrakht un nemst dermit zikh iber;
    Der rebbe shpreyt zayn tikhl oys un shpant dem yam ariber.
    The steamship you've invented so you think you're something big,
    but the rabbi waves his handkerchief and crosses the Atlantic instantly.

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