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landsmanshaft

landsmanshaft noun: a mutual aid society or benefit society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.

Noun

landsmanshaft (plural landsmanshafts or landsmanshaftn)

  1. A mutual aid society or benefit society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.

Forms of landsmanshaft

plurallandsmanshafts
plurallandsmanshaftn
alternative formlandsmanschaft

Origin of landsmanshaft

From Yiddish [Term?]; compare German Landsmannschaft.

Questions about landsmanshaft

What does landsmanshaft mean?
Landsmanshaft means a mutual aid society or benefit society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.
What part of speech is landsmanshaft?
Landsmanshaft is a noun.
What is the plural of landsmanshaft?
The plural of landsmanshaft is landsmanshafts.

Words near landsmanshaft in the dictionary

  1. landsman
  2. Landsmans
  3. landsmanschaft
  4. landsmanschaftn
  5. landsmanschafts
  6. landsmanshaft
  7. landsmanshaftn
  8. landsmanshafts
  9. landsmen
  10. Landsmål
  11. landsnail

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