Yiddish

== English == === Etymology === From Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid +‎ -ish. === Pronunciation === enPR: yĭd'ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/ === Adjective === Yiddish (comparative more Yiddish, superlative most Yiddish) Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language. (informal) Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit. Synonym: Jewish ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Yiddish A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, 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 mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe. Synonym: Jewish Holonym: High German Meronyms: Eastern Yiddish, East Yiddish, Western Yiddish, West Yiddish ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Yiddish terms === References === === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code yi, ISO 639-3 code yid (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Yiddish, yid ⁠, a macrolanguage including: Ethnologue entry for Eastern Yiddish, ydd ⁠ Ethnologue entry for Western Yiddish, yih ⁠