לויט

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German laut (“according to”) (from 15th century; chiefly in written style), shortened from Middle High German nāch lūte (“according to the text of”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz. Compare German Laut (“sound”) and Wortlaut (“wording, exact text”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫɔɪ̯t/

Preposition

לויט • (loyt) (contracted dem-form לויטן (loytn))

  1. according to, in accordance with
    לויט ווי איך זע
    loyt vi ikh ze
    as I see it
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