The letters on the four sides of the dreidel are the first letters of the words in the sentence; "A great miracle happened here."
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Dreidel
//ˈdɹeɪdl̩//
Synonyms for "dreidel"
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Translations
17 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 光明節陀螺 /光明节陀螺 noun (four-sided spinning top)
Finnish
1 entries- hyrrä noun (four-sided spinning top)
French
2 entries- dreydel noun (four-sided spinning top)
- sevivon noun (four-sided spinning top)
German
1 entries- Dreidel noun (four-sided spinning top)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְבִיבוֹן noun (four-sided spinning top)
Hungarian
1 entries- trenderli noun (four-sided spinning top)
Indonesian
1 entries- dreidel noun (four-sided spinning top)
Italian
2 entries- dreidel noun (four-sided spinning top)
- sevivon noun (four-sided spinning top)
Polish
1 entries- drejdel noun (four-sided spinning top)
Portuguese
1 entries- dreidel noun (four-sided spinning top)
Russian
1 entries- дрейдл noun (four-sided spinning top)
Spanish
1 entries- dreidel noun (four-sided spinning top)
Swedish
1 entries- dreidel noun (four-sided spinning top)
Welsh
1 entries- dreidl noun (four-sided spinning top)
Yiddish
1 entries- דריידל noun (four-sided spinning top)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
During the feast of Hanukkah it is customary to play with a four sided dreidel.
Source: tatoeba (4481830)
Contrary to popular legend, the four letters on the dreidel stand for the Yiddish words "gants" (all), "halb" (half), "shtel ayn" (put in), and "nisht" (not).
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I have a little dreidel. I made it out of clay. / And when it's dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play. / Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay. / Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, then dreidel I shall play.
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