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Yiddish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From יוסף (yosef, yoysef) + ־קע (-ke).
Proper noun
יאָשקע • (yoshke) m
- Nickname or endearing form of יוסף (yosef, yoysef).
Etymology 2
Shortened from יאָשקע פּאַנדרע (yoshke pandre). The first part from the above, as though it were a nickname for ישו (yeshu, “Jesus”). The second part from Latin Panthera, the name of the Roman soldier alleged by some to have fathered Jesus.
Proper noun
יאָשקע • (yoshke) m
- (euphemistic, often derogatory) Jesus; Yoshke
כ'פֿײַף אױף יאָשקע.- kh'fayf oyf yoshke.
- I don't give a damn about Yoshke.
Descendants