פּרײַסן

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • פּרײַסיע (praysye)

Etymology

From Middle High German Prūzin, ultimately from Proto-Baltic *Prūsai. Compare German Preußen.

Proper noun

פּרײַסן • (praysn) m

  1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
  2. (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)
  • פּרײַסיש (praysish)
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