Yiddish

Meaning

Adj

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

Name

A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, 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 mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

Synonyms

the Yiddish language

mother tongue

talk

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Yiddish language

Translations

yiddish

Jiddisch

yiddish

Jiddisch

jiddisch

iídiche

Γίντις

γίντις

Jiddisj

yiddish

yídish

yidîşî

Iídiche

yidiche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/

Etymology

Cognate with German: jüdisch

In summary

From Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid + -ish.