Yiddish

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

English

Pronunciation

• yÄ­d'Ä­sh, /ˈjɪdɪʃ/, /"jIdIS/

Etymology

Yiddish ייִדיש, from Yidish Daytsh (Jidisch Dajtsch), or Jewish German (also called Judeo-German, Judendeutsch); word akin to German jüdisch

Noun

Yiddish

1. A West Germanic language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

Related terms

• Yiddishist

Translations

Catalan: Yiddish Chinese: 意第绪语 Danish: Jiddisch Dutch: Jiddisch Esperanto: Jido French: yiddish m German: Jiddisch Greek: γίντις (gídis) Hebrew: אִידִישׁ Italian: yiddish m.

Polish: Jidysz Romanian: Idiş Russian: Идиш (Idish) Swedish: Jiddisch Yiddish: ייִדיש, זשאַרגאָן

Adjective

Yiddish

1. Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
2. (colloquial) Jewish

Translations

French: yiddish m/f Hebrew: אִידִישָׁאִי Italian: yiddish m.

See also

• ייִד (Yid) m.

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