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Yiddish
Etymology
From אוקראַיִנע (ukraine) + ־ער (-er).
Noun
אוקראַיִנער • (ukrainer) m, plural אוקראַיִנער (ukrainer), feminine אוקראַיִנערקע (ukrainerke)
- Ukrainian (non-Jewish person from Ukraine)
Usage notes
Yiddish rigorously distinguishes between Jews and non-Jews in national terminology. A Ukrainian Jew is not an ukrainer, but rather an אוקראַיִנישער (ukrainisher).
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