yungvarg

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Definitions

  • n. Young people, youth.

Example Sentences

  • "In the Yungvarg's narratives, the Warsaw Ghetto and the heroism of its fighters is often juxtaposed with the emblematic depiction of the Yiddish author as well." (Raising Secular Jews: Yiddish Schools and Their Periodicals for American Children, 1917–1950 (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) by Naomi Prawer Kadar)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • יונגװאַרג yungvarg

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

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