: a High German language written in Hebrew characters that is spoken by Jews and descendants of Jews of central and eastern European origin
Yiddish
adjective
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My Russian is good, which helps in conversation with several shop owners, but my Yiddish is not, which is a barrier to conversing with customers.
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Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
The ad, in Yiddish, appeared on page two of the May 17, 1946, edition of the Forward, the nation’s largest Jewish newspaper.
—Andrew Silverstein, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
The principal spoke some Yiddish so my mother was able to communicate with him.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
His parents, Morris and Estelle (Lichtenstein) Rothenberg, operated a dry goods store in the Bronx, where Jerome grew up speaking Yiddish at home.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
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Talia Lavin, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2024
The ad, in Yiddish, appeared on page two of the May 17, 1946, edition of the Forward, the nation’s largest Jewish newspaper.
—Andrew Silverstein, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
The principal spoke some Yiddish so my mother was able to communicate with him.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
His parents, Morris and Estelle (Lichtenstein) Rothenberg, operated a dry goods store in the Bronx, where Jerome grew up speaking Yiddish at home.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
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Yiddish
noun
Yid·dish
ˈyid-ish 
: a language that began among the Jews of eastern Europe and is based on German and written in the Hebrew alphabet
Yiddish
adjective
Etymology
from Yiddish yidish, a shortened form of yidish daytsh, literally "Jewish German (language)," derived from early German jüdisch "Jewish" and diutsch "the German language"
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