Jiddisch
See also: jiddisch
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish, “Jewish, Yiddish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɪdis/, /ˈjidis/
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Adjective
Jiddisch (not comparable)
- Yiddish (of the language)
Declension
| Declension of Jiddisch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Jiddisch | |||
| inflected | Jiddische | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | Jiddisch | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | Jiddische | ||
| n. sing. | Jiddisch | |||
| plural | Jiddische | |||
| definite | Jiddische | |||
| partitive | Jiddisch | |||
Proper noun
Jiddisch n (uncountable)
- Yiddish (the language)
Synonyms
- jodenduits n
Related terms
German
Etymology
From English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdesch, from Old High German judeisc, derived from judo, judeo + -isc, the former from Latin iūdaeus (“Judaean, Jew”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), derived from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, “Judah”) + -ιος (-ios), the former from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɪdɪʃ/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Jiddisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Jiddisch or Jiddischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Jiddische, alternative genitive Jiddischen, no plural)
- Yiddish (language)
- Synonyms: Jüdischdeutsch; (dated) Judendeutsch
Declension
Declension of Jiddisch [sg-only, neuter, langname]
Meronyms
- Westjiddisch
- Ostjiddisch
- Zentralostjiddisch
- Nordostjiddisch
- Südostjiddisch
- Standardjiddisch