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Yiddish
Etymology
Calque of French armistice. Compare German Waffenstillstand.
Noun
וואָפֿן־שטילשטאַנד • (vofn-shtilshtand) m, plural וואָפֿן־שטילשטאַנדן (vofn-shtilshtandn)
- armistice
- ס'שטײט אַ וואָפֿן־שטילשטאַנד ― s'shteyt a vofn-shtilshtand ― there is an armistice
Derived terms
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “וואָפֿן־שטילשטאַנד”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “װאָפֿן־שטילשטאַנד” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .