Meaning

Opposite of
nein
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

ja

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

ja

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

jo

Graubünden

Graubünden

jo

Zürich

Zürich

jo

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

jo

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

ja

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

jo

Bern

Bern

ja

Graubünden

Graubünden

ja

Zürich

Zürich

jaa

Aargau

Aargau

jo

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

joo

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

öhö

Lucerne

Lucerne

ja

Aargau

Aargau

ja

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[jäː]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German ja, from Old High German ja, jā (“yes”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes”). Cognate with Yiddish יאָ (yo).

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