Yiddish
proper noun
- West Germanic language written in Hebrew script spoken by Ashkenazi Jews
- in or relating to Yiddish language
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
“As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet?”
““Many goyim are confused by the large number of Yiddish terms beginning with ‘schl’ or ‘schm’ (schlemiel, schlemazzle, schmeggegge, schlub, schlock, schlep, schmutz, schnook), and use them incorrectly or interchangeably,” he wrote.”
- Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit.
“Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music”
name
Etymology: 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.
- 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.
“Yiddish is a High German language […] two varieties of Yiddish developed […]”