Jiddisch

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Dutch

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Etymology

from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish, “Yiddish”), from Middle High German jüdisch (“Jewish”) (in the phrase jüdisch deutsch (“Jewish-German”)), from jude (modern Jude) "Jew," from Old High German judo, from Latin Judaeus (“Judean, Jew”), from Hebrew יהודה (Y'huda, “Judah”), from ידה (Yadah, “praise”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Jiddisch (not comparable)

1. Yiddish (of the language)

Declension

Declension of Jiddisch

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		Jiddisch	—
neuter singular	indefinite	Jiddisch	—
	definite	Jiddische	—	—	—
common singular		Jiddische	—	—	—
plural		Jiddische	—	—	—
partitive		Jiddisch	—

Proper noun

Jiddisch n. (uncountable)

1. Yiddish (the language)

Synonyms

• jodenduits n.

Related terms

• jood m.
• joods, Joods

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German

Jiddisch

Etymology

Re-borrowed from English Yiddish, itself from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish, “Yiddish”), from Middle High German jüdisch (“Jewish”) (in the phrase jüdisch deutsch (“Jewish-German”)), from jude (modern Jude) "Jew," from Old High German judo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaios)..

Pronunciation

• Jiddisch

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Proper noun

Jiddisch

1. Yiddish (language)

This German entry was created from the translations listed at Yiddish. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Jiddisch in the German Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009