Yiddish

/ˈjɪdɪʃ/
/ˈjɪdɪʃ/
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Definitions of Yiddish
  1. noun
    a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
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    type of:
    German, German language, High German
    the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
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