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Yiddishism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Yiddish + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (rhetoric) A word or phrase that is characteristically Yiddish but used in another language.
    • Is this term indeed derived from Tanach or other holy books? Or is it just a nonsensical "Yiddishism" that kind of made it through the generations from grandmothers to their kids? 2024 January 11, Yehuda, Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 29 May 2024:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Yiddishisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

uk їдиши́зм (word or phrase) · de Jiddismus (word or phrase) · pl jidyszyzm (word or phrase)

Yiddishism en · PROPN

Etymology

From Yiddish + -ism.

Meanings

  1. The Yiddishist movement.

Translations (3)

de Jiddischismus (Yiddishist movement) · yi ייִדישיזם (Yiddishist movement) · pl jidyszyzm (Yiddishist movement)