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Yiddish vs Jewish - What's the difference?

yiddish | jewish |

As adjectives the difference between yiddish and jewish

is that yiddish is of or pertaining to the Yiddish language while Jewish is being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.

As a noun Yiddish

is 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.

As a proper noun Jewish is

the Yiddish language.

yiddish

English

(wikipedia Yiddish)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
  • (informal) Jewish.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * Yid * Yiddishist * Yiddishism * Yiddishkeit

    See also

    * (yi) * (Yid) (m)

    External links

    * . The dialects are: * *

    jewish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
  • Yiddish

    • Synonyms

    * Israelite

    Antonyms

    * Gentile

    Derived terms

    * Jewishly * Jewishness * Jewish calendar * Jewish lightning * Jewish piano * ex-Jewish

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (informal, dated) The Yiddish language.

    • See also

    * Hebrew * Israeli * Evrite, Ivrite