Yiddish
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Etymology [edit]
Yiddish The etymology of this word is mostly obscure. ייִדיש, from Yidish Daytsh, from Middle High German jüdisch diutsch (“Jewish German”), cognate with German jüdisch (“Jewish”).
Since Jewish Germans (or Yiddish) had to exist before a Yiddish language could be created, the term is probably Middle High German, rather than Yiddish.
Adjective [edit]
Yiddish (comparative more Yiddish, superlative most Yiddish)
- Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
- (informal) Jewish.
Translations [edit]
of or pertaining to the Yiddish language
Jewish — see Jewish
Noun [edit]
Yiddish (uncountable)
- 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.
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