Could it be, what I think, diminutive of neat or, that is, "net".
Du bist ein netted madchen, for instance. You are a neat, cool, girl.
Felix
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On Dec 14, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Abraham Kogan <akogan_at_netvision.net.il> wrote:
> I did not find in my dictionary the word "nettchen". "Endearment" in
> Yiddish is "Tzertlichkeit".
> Abraham K.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bounce-111141505-3499314_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jerome
> Schatten
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 5:23 PM
> To: Czernowitz Discussion Group; Marion Tauschwitz
> Subject: [Cz-L] Nettchen=Yiddish term of endearment?
>
> Czernowitzers...
>
> This from Marion Tauschwitz in this morning's mail:
>
> -----
> Dear Jerome,
> attached you find a photo with a handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum used
> for her friend Renée. I hesitate whether my request is important enough
> to address to all Czernowitzer - if you think so, I would be pleased if
> you could forward it:
>
> This is the handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum used for her friend Renée
> Abramovici.
> In all so far transcriptions you can read "Nettchen" - but I do not
> agree with it. Couldn't it be a a tender way in Yiddish to address to a
> close friend?
>
> www.marion-tauschwitz.de
> -----
>
> I have posted the photo of the 'nickname' to our Blog at:
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=7162
>
> Best,
> jerome
>
>
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