Etymology

shtus

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Today it means: nonsense, stupidity Full definition →

Yiddish שטות ← Hebrew שְׁטוּת
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromשְׁטוּת
  2. Yiddish · derived fromשטות
  3. English todayshtus

From Yiddish שטות (shtus), from Hebrew שְׁטוּת (sh'tút).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.