jiddisch
Yiddish
English translations
- 01
Yiddish
Word details
- German meaning
- Jiddisch ist eine Sprache, die von Juden in Europa gesprochen wurde und Elemente des Hebräischen, Deutschen und slawischer Sprachen enthält.
- English meaning
- Yiddish is a language spoken by Jews in Europe, containing elements of Hebrew, German, and Slavic languages. None
- German example
- Viele osteuropäische Juden sprachen Jiddisch als Muttersprache.
- English example
- Many Eastern European Jews spoke Yiddish as their native language.
Related words
- jiddischistisch
Yiddishistic
- westjiddisch
Western Yiddish
- jiddischistisch
Yiddishist
- ostjiddisch
Eastern Yiddish
- westjiddisch
Western Yiddish is an extinct variant of the Yiddish language that was spoken in the western part of the Ashkenazi language area.
- altjiddisch
Old Yiddish
- Massel
Mazel is a Yiddish word that means good luck or success.
- Schabbes
Shabbat
- Massel
Mazel is a Yiddish word that means good luck or success.
- judenteutsch
Judeo-German (Yiddish)
- Jiddistik
Yiddish studies
Example sentences with “jiddisch”
Viele Wörter im Deutschen kommen aus dem Jiddischen. (Many words in German come from Yiddish.)
Frequently asked questions
How do you capitalize it?
It is lowercased when used as an adjective, but capitalized as a noun.