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Yiddish
Etymology 1
From Middle High German mit, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midi, from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂.
Preposition
מיט • (mit) (contracted dem-form מיטן (mitn))
- with
1943, “Zog nit keyn mol”, Hirsh Glick (lyrics):דאָס ליד געשריבן איז מיט בלוט, און ניט מיט בלײַ- dos lid geshribn iz mit blut, un nit mit blay
- This song is written with blood and not with lead
Usage notes
- This preposition is sometimes used in Yiddish to calque Slavic expressions which use the instrumental case; see מאַכן (makhn, “to wave”). This is not done in German.
Etymology 2
From Middle High German mitte, from Old High German mitti, from Proto-West Germanic , from Proto-Germanic *midją.
Noun
מיט • (mit) f
- middle
Derived terms