I'm from the Rhineland, my mother has always used the word Stiesel for a person who is somehow wooden, emotionless and unobtrusive. Now I find the US series Shtisel at Netflix and wonder what that means now.
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Stiesel
Man behaving in a rage-inducing manner rude, rude, fussy behaves
https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stiesel
boring, dorky, rude person
https://www.wortbedeutung.info/Stiesel/
boring, dorky, rude person
Is not the Internet great when you know how it works?
Dear PV Jeltz. I was talking about the Yiddish or Hebrew word shtisel. I find it extremely annoying to be lectured because the answerer did not understand the question…
"Shtisel" tells the many interwoven stories of the Shtisel family, led by Shulem Shtisel, a proud Torah scholar with…
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This has absolutely nothing to do with the German word "Stiesel"!
I quote:
my mother always has the word
Stiesel used for a human…
Therefore, I obviously went from a typing or writing error in the title. That being said, it would have been wise to explicitly point out the Yiddish phrase if you do not want to read deviant answers.
You have not understood how to correct the question correctly.
Of course I have read that. What shisel means is not explained.
OK
No, unfortunately not, did not find anything…
Stissel in this series is a proper name, but "stiss" is the same as "stuss" = nonsense, not to take seriously…
because Stissel just does not quite like his father and always has only Stuss in his head…
By the way, it's an Israeli series…
The name Shtisel means boneheaded artist of Jewish decent.
Sorry, descent!