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yiddishkayt

yiddishkayt is the alternative form of Yiddishkeit.

Meaning of Yiddishkeit

Noun

Yiddishkeit (uncountable)

  1. Jewishness; the Jewish way of life, particularly Ashkenazi and Yiddish culture.
    • Wait! my Ezekiel will be Bar-mitzvah in a few years; then you shall see what I will do for that Shool. You shall see what an example of Yiddishkeit I will give to a link generation.1892, Israel Zangwill, chapter 12, in The Grandchildren of the Ghetto, London: J.M. Dent, page 175
    Antonyms:
    goyishkeit

Questions about yiddishkayt

What is yiddishkayt the alternative form of?
Yiddishkayt is the alternative form of Yiddishkeit.

Words near yiddishkayt in the dictionary

  1. Yiddishists
  2. Yiddishize
  3. Yiddishized
  4. Yiddishizes
  5. Yiddishizing
  6. yiddishkayt
  7. Yiddishkeit
  8. Yiddishland
  9. Yiddishlike
  10. Yiddishly
  11. Yiddishness

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