Associations to the word «Yiddish»

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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats