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Yiddish

Pronunciation: /ˈjɪdɪʃ/

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Definition of Yiddish

noun

[mass noun]
  • a language used by Jews in central and eastern Europe before the Holocaust. It was originally a German dialect with words from Hebrew and several modern languages, and still has some 200,000 speakers, mainly in the US, Israel, and Russia: Faigele was mum’s name in Yiddish

adjective

  • relating to Yiddish: a Yiddish word

Origin:

late 19th century: from Yiddish yidish (daytsh) 'Jewish (German)'

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