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Yiddish

//ˈjɪd.ɪʃ// adj, name, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
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?"
2
Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit. informal
"Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music"

Proper Noun

1
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 […]"

Noun

1
a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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