How to Use Yiddish in a Sentence

Yiddish

noun
Definition of Yiddishnext
  • The word means to fuss or waste time in Yiddish, though dining at this Jewish deli is always time well spent.
    — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This is the Yiddish, folksy meaning — a nice thing to do.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • At 111, the organization still puts on plays in Yiddish and teaches the language to people of all ages.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 July 2023
  • Her work is being translated from Yiddish to Polish, and a complete selection of her short stories has been published in English for the first time.
    — Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The historic text appears in English, Italian, and Yiddish to honor the majority of the languages spoken at the factory at the time, and includes first-hand accounts.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Taking the form of a potboiler murder mystery, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is richly imagined.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Nov. 2023
  • It's peppered with just enough Yiddish to satisfy your grandparents and plenty of pop music to satisfy anyone younger than that.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • At a time when antisemitism is surging nationwide, Yiddish — once nearly wiped out by the Holocaust and assimilation pressures — is making a comeback.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • An article on Sunday about the rising use of Yiddish imprecisely characterized current Yiddish speakers.
    — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The tunnel in question, which is about the length of a bowling lane, became the subject of intense public interest, as the incident involved several Lubavitcher extremists, vile antisemitic conspiracy theories, and cops dropping Yiddish.
    — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024

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