Yiddish

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 External links

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: yĭd'ĭsh, IPA: /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/, SAMPA: /"jId.IS/

[edit] Etymology

Yiddish ייִדיש, from Yidish Daytsh (short for Jidisch Dajtsch), from Middle High German jüdisch diutsch (“‘Jewish German’”), cognate with German jüdisch (“‘Jewish’”). (also called Judeo-German, Judendeutsch; see Ashkenazi)

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Yiddish (comparative more Yiddish, superlative most Yiddish)

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

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[edit] Noun

Yiddish (uncountable)

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.

[edit] Related terms

• Yiddishist
• Yiddishism
• Yiddishkeit

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Category:Yiddish language for words in Yiddish
• ייִד (Yid) m.

[edit] External links

• ISO 639-1 code yi, ISO 639-3 code yid (SIL). It's a family or related languages. The individual ones are: