Meaning of Yiddish | Babel Free
ˈjɪd.ɪʃDefinitions
A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, 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 mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.
Equivalents
Afrikaans
Jiddisj
Беларуская
ідыш
Čeština
jidiš
Dansk
jiddisch
Deutsch
Jargon
Jiddisch
Jidisch
Judendeutsch
Judenteutsch
jüdisch-deutsch
jüdisch-teutsch
Jüdischdeutsch
Jüdischteutsch
Ελληνικά
γίντις
Esperanto
jida
Gaeilge
Giúdais
Magyar
jiddis
Հայերեն
իդիշ
Íslenska
jiddíska
日本語
イディッシュ語
한국어
이디시어
Lietuvių
jidiš
Română
idiș
Русский
идиш
Slovenčina
jidiš
Tiếng Việt
tiếng Yiddish
Examples
“Yiddish is a High German language […] two varieties of Yiddish developed […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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