koscher

kosher, legitimate, proper, aboveboard

adjective Rare #46,568

kosher Used literally for food that follows Jewish dietary laws, and informally to mean legitimate, proper, or not suspicious.

GE: Dieses Essen ist koscher.

EN: This food is kosher.

legitimate, proper, aboveboard Informal when used in this sense; often appears in the negative to mean that something seems suspicious or not quite right.

GE: Die Geschichte klingt nicht ganz koscher.

EN: The story sounds a little suspicious.

Ich weiß, dass es nicht koscher ist.

I know it’s not kosher.

Wieso sind Schweine nicht koscher?

Why aren't pigs kosher?

„ Ich dachte, du wärst Jüdin.“–„ Ja, schon, aber ich esse nicht immer koscher.“

“I thought you were Jewish.” “I am, but I don’t always eat kosher.”