Yiddish
/ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/
Yiddish adjective: of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
Adjective
Yiddish (comparative more Yiddish, superlative most Yiddish)
- 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?2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2019
- “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.2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2015
- Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit.
- Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music
- Synonyms:
- Jewish
Proper noun
Yiddish
- 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 […]1983, Philip Baldi, An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages, page 128
- Synonyms:
- Jewish
Yiddish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Yiddish in Hindi
- of or pertaining to the Yiddish language
- यिद्दी yiddī, यिडिश yiḍiś
- language
- यिद्दी yiddī, यिडिश yiḍiś
Yiddish in Tamil
- இத்திஷ் மொழி, செருமானிய மொழியை அடிப்படையாகக்கொண்டு, இப்ரூ மொழி எழுத்துகளில் எழுதப்பட்டு
Yiddish in Marathi
- of or pertaining to the Yiddish language
- यिद्दी yiddī, यिडिश yiḍiś
- language
- यिद्दी yiddī, यिडिश yiḍiś
Yiddish in Urdu
- of or pertaining to the Yiddish language
- یدی yiddī
- language
- یدی yiddī
More languagesFewer languages
- Yiddish in Punjabi
- ਯਿੱਦੀ yiddī, ਯਿਡਿਸ਼ yiḍiś
- Yiddish in Nepali
- यिद्दी yiddī, यिडिश yiḍiś
- Yiddish in Arabic
- يِدِيشِيَّة yidīšiyya, إِيدِيش ʔīdīš, اَليِدِيشِيَّة al-yidīšiyya
- Yiddish in Malay
- bahasa Yiddish
- Yiddish in Indonesian
- bahasa Yiddi
- Yiddish in Persian
- ییدیش yidiš
- Yiddish in Thai
- ภาษายิดดิช paasăa yítdìt
- Yiddish in Vietnamese
- tiếng Yiddish
Synonyms of Yiddish
Forms of Yiddish
| comparative | more Yiddish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Yiddish |
Origin of Yiddish
Borrowed 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.
Questions about Yiddish
- What does Yiddish mean?
- Yiddish means of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
- What is Yiddish in Hindi?
- Yiddish in Hindi is यिद्दी (yiddī), यिडिश (yiḍiś). See Yiddish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Yiddish?
- Yiddish can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Yiddish?
- Yiddish is pronounced /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/.
Words near Yiddish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Yiddish (page history and authors); yiddish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-Yiddish.oga.
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