Associations to the word «Yiddish»
Noun
- Hebrew
- Romani
- Jewish
- Adler
- Polish
- Romanian
- Lithuanian
- Orthography
- Ukrainian
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- Theater
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- Ghetto
- Jew
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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
- Swedish
- Schwartz
- Lexicon
- Portuguese
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- Hirsch
- Danish
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- Jacob
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- Italian
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- English
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- Alphabet
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- 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
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?