yiddishkeit
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Pronunciations

yiddishkeit (YIH-dish-keit) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "He really loves yiddishkeit."

  • "I have a family member with some serious Yiddishkeit issues, doesn’t keep anything and seems to be going through some stuff." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • ייִדישקײט yídishkayt

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand
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      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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      Alternative Spellings

      yidishkayt, yiddishkayt, jiddischkeit

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