hodeve
Definitions
v. To bring up, raise.
Example Sentences
"They hodeve the children all on their own."
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
האָדעװען hodeven
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
hodeveh
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