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Word: yiddish (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • informal Jewish.
  • Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

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Noun:

  • A West Germanic 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 written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

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