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yidishkayt

yidishkayt 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 yidishkayt

What is yidishkayt the alternative form of?
Yidishkayt is the alternative form of Yiddishkeit.

Words near yidishkayt in the dictionary

  1. yiddos
  2. Yidgha
  3. Yidglish
  4. Yidinj
  5. Yidiny
  6. yidishkayt
  7. Yidishkeit
  8. yidishkeyt
  9. Yidiɲ
  10. Yidmaxx
  11. Yidmaxxed

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