Associations to the word «Yiddish»
Noun
- Hebrew
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- Jewish
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- Polish
- Romanian
- Lithuanian
- Orthography
- Ukrainian
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- Theater
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- Hungarian
- Pronunciation
- Synagogue
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- Diaspora
- Torah
- Rabbi
- Dialect
- Croatian
- Ani
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- Warsaw
- Galicia
- Periodical
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- Language
- Linguist
- Phonology
- German
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- Schwartz
- Lexicon
- Portuguese
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- Hirsch
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- Italian
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- Serbian
- Immigrant
- Mir
- Turkish
- Repertoire
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- English
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- Alphabet
- Lithuania
- Bucharest
- Lear
- Vocabulary
- Israeli
- Melodrama
- Assimilation
- Jacobson
- Goldberg
- Greenberg
- Dutch
Adjective
Wiktionary
YIDDISH, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
YIDDISH, adjective. (informal) Jewish.
YIDDISH, noun. 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.
Dictionary definition
YIDDISH, noun. A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script.
Wise words
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