English Explanatory Dictionary

Yiddish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
  2. Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit.
name
  1. A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, 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 mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

Pronunciation

yĭd'ĭsh /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/ En-Yiddish.oga

Word forms

Yiddish more Yiddish most Yiddish

Etymology

From Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid + -ish.

Synonyms

Jewish

Related words

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