shiksa

S1H4I1K5S1A1
/ˈʃɪksə/

noun

A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.

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shikse
OriginYiddish שיקסע ← Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ →
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Meanings

nounshiksa (plural shiksas)

plural shiksas · alternative schicksa · alternative shicksa · alternative shickse · alternative shikse · alternative shikseh · alternative shickster · alternative shakester

  1. JudaismderogatoryoftenA non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.

    A Shickse, that wasn't bad enough? What's worse, you ask? A black man? Well this daughter of mine had to find herself a black woman in order to spite me. That I should never rest easy in my grave.

    1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8
  2. derogatoryA sexually promiscuous gentile woman.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

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shikse
Broader
womanadult female

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Hebrewשֶׁקֶץ“abomination, impure, object of loathing”
  2. Yiddishשיקסע
  3. Englishshiksa

From Yiddish שיקסע (shikse), which is partly derived from the Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination, impure, object of loathing”).

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Translations

Czech šikse
  • šiksenon-Jewish girl
Dutch sjikse
  • sjiksenon-Jewish girl
French shiksa, shikse
  • shiksanon-Jewish girl
  • shiksenon-Jewish girl
German Schickse, Schicksel (Schicksl n)
  • Schicksenon-Jewish girl
  • Schicksel (Schicksl n)non-Jewish girl
Hebrew שיקסה
  • שיקסה (shíkse)non-Jewish girl
Hungarian siksze
  • sikszenon-Jewish girl
Polish siksa, sziksa
  • siksanon-Jewish girl
  • sziksanon-Jewish girl
Russian ши́кса
  • ши́кса (šíksa)non-Jewish girl
Spanish shikse, shiksa
  • shiksenon-Jewish girl
  • shiksanon-Jewish girl
Yiddish שיקסע
  • שיקסע (shikse)non-Jewish girl

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Sakshi
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APA

shiksa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiksa

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“shiksa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiksa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiksa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiksa.

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