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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geist.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
גײַסט • (gayst) m, plural גײַסטער (gayster)
- spirit
- ghost
Derived terms
References
- ^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume II, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pages 459–460