Meaning Of The Word Yiddish

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Yiddish
uncountable noun: Yiddish is a language which comes mainly from German and is spoken by many Jewish people of European origin.

Yiddish in American English
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.
adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Yiddish
noun: 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

Yiddish in British English
adjective: in or relating to this language
noun: 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 ce

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