Jewish

English

Etymology

From Jew +‎ -ish. Compare Old English Iūdēisc (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: jo͞oʹ-ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈdʒuː.ɪʃ/
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Adjective

Jewish (comparative more Jewish, superlative most Jewish)

  1. Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
  2. Yiddish

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Translations
Yiddish — see Yiddish

Proper noun

Jewish

  1. (informal, dated) The Yiddish language.

Translations
informal term for Yiddish — See also translations at Yiddish

See also
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