Mazel tov

Mazel tov ( מזל טוב ) is Yiddish or Hebrew and translated means Good Luck or Good Luck. Mazel literally means a drop from above, tov literally means "good".

Masel - tov mazal - tov is or with Hebrew writing מזל - written טוב and is also used in Yiddish, but in Hebrew is the second syllable of " mazal " in Yiddish and the first stressed ( " masel ").

The term is also often referred to in Congratulations! needed. Like other blessing is this repeated and occasionally said loudly at Jewish weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Colloquially mazel tov is sometimes used sarcastically when congratulations not appropriate or are overdue.

Use in the German

The word masal is or masel or massel also penetrated through the Yiddish into German, and in some dialects still alive. It is found for example in the word mess (which stands for failure) or screw up in the word (which have to be a luck or not succeed is ).

In the Austrian dialect, at least in the medium- Bavarian language area, means " Mazal " or " Masen " (pronounced Mas'l or Mas'n ) "happiness", as in the phrase "a Mas'l / Mas'n hom " ( "Happiness have "). In a similar phrase " Masel ( g) ha" is known the word also in Swiss German.