American English pronunciation
How to pronounce yiddish
IPA transcription: ['jɪdɪʃ]
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Noun
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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
Usage examples
- He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater.
- Yiddish, rather than Hebrew, would be the national language.
- Dumah is a popular figure in Yiddish folklore.
- In his adolescence he used both the Yiddish "Leyzer" and the Russian "Lazar".
- In Yiddish, "holipshes", "goleptzi" "golumpki" and "holishkes" or "holep" are very similar dishes.
- The word "knipl" means roughly "nest egg" in Yiddish.
- Autonomists often stressed the vitality of modern Yiddish culture.
- She has recorded in Hebrew, English and Yiddish.
- A list of English words of Yiddish origin is found below.
- "Gartel" is Yiddish for "belt".