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Yiddish

Etymology

Probably from Middle High German ūʒlegen (to display, lay out; interpret; pronounce; lend money).[1][2][3] By surface analysis, אויס־ (oys-) +‎ לייגן (leygn). Compare German auslegen (to lay out, display; interpret; lend money), Dutch uitleggen (explain; interpret)

Verb

אויסלייגן (oysleygn) (past participle אויסגעלייגט (oysgeleygt))

  1. to spell (write or say the letters that form a word)
    ווי לייגט זיך אויס דאָס וואָרט?
    vi leygt zikh oys dos vort?
    How is this word spelt?
    Synonyms: זאָגן די אוית ףון (zogn di os fun), ספּעלן (speln)
  2. to interpret
  3. to advance, lay out (i.e. lend money)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ "ūzlegen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
  2. ^ auslegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
  3. ^ auslegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

  • Alexander Harkavy (2006) “אויסלייגן”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 14
  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אויסלייגן”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 781