Yiddish

//ˈjɪd.ɪʃ//

"Yiddish" in a Sentence (14 examples)

This is not Hebrew. It's Yiddish.

Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet.

Yiddish is written in Hebrew characters.

The English, German, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic languages were evaluated as candidates for the language of the future state.

Though the fact has been denied again and again, the word "edzino", which means "wife" in Esperanto, has its roots in Yiddish.

I'm learning to read Yiddish.

Do you speak Yiddish?

Esther is the best Yiddish speaker in her peer group.

I am learning Yiddish.

I'm learning Yiddish.

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As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet?

“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.

Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music

Yiddish is a High German language […] two varieties of Yiddish developed […]

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