ALL meanings of yiddish
Yid·dish
Y y - noun yiddish a High German language with an admixture of vocabulary from Hebrew and the Slavic languages, written in Hebrew letters, and spoken mainly by Jews in eastern and central Europe and by Jewish emigrants from these regions and their descendants. 1
- adjective yiddish of, relating to, or characteristic of Yiddish. 1
- adjective yiddish Jewish 1
- noun yiddish Jewish language 1
- noun yiddish A West Germanic 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 written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe. 0
- adjective yiddish Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language. 0
- adjective yiddish (Informal) Jewish. 0
- uncountable noun yiddish Yiddish is a language which comes mainly from German and is spoken by many Jewish people of European origin. 0
- noun yiddish a language spoken as a vernacular by Jews in Europe and elsewhere by Jewish emigrants, usually written in the Hebrew alphabet. Historically, it is a dialect of High German with an admixture of words of Hebrew, Romance, and Slavonic origin, developed in central and E Europe during the Middle Ages 0
- adjective yiddish in or relating to this language 0
- noun yiddish a language derived from Middle High German, spoken by E European Jews and their descendants in other countries: it is written in the Hebrew alphabet and contains vocabulary borrowings from Hebrew, Russian, Polish, English, etc. 0
- adjective yiddish of or in this language 0