schlemiel

schle·miel also shle·miel  (shl-ml)

n. Slang

A habitual bungler; a dolt.

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[Yiddish shlemíl, perhaps from Hebrew lmî'l, my well-being is God, Shelumiel (a character in the Bible, Numbers 7:36) : lmî, my well-being (lôm, well-being; see lm in Semitic roots + -î, my) + 'l, God; see l in Semitic roots.]

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schlemiel, schlemihl, shlemiel [ʃləˈmiːl]

n

US slang an awkward or unlucky person whose endeavours usually fail

[Yiddish, from German, after the hero of a novel by Chamisso (1781-1838)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

schlemiel - (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler shlemiel Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense

Translations

schlemiel schlemihl [ʃləˈmiːl] N (US) (= clumsy person) → persona f desmañada; (= unlucky person) → persona f desgraciada

schlemiel, schlemihl

n (US inf) → Schlemihl m, → Pechvogel m; (= awkward person) → Tollpatsch m (pej)