Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish, “Jewish, Yiddish”).
Jiddisch (not comparable)
Declension of Jiddisch | ||||
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uninflected | Jiddisch | |||
inflected | Jiddische | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | Jiddisch | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | Jiddische | ||
n. sing. | Jiddisch | |||
plural | Jiddische | |||
definite | Jiddische | |||
partitive | Jiddisch |
Jiddisch n (uncountable)
From English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdesch, from Old High German judeisc, derived from judo, judeo + -isc, the former from Latin iūdaeus (“Judaean, Jew”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), derived from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, “Judah”) + -ιος (-ios), the former from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh).
Jiddisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Jiddisch or Jiddischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Jiddische, alternative genitive Jiddischen, no plural)
singular (explanation of the use and meaning of the forms) | |||||
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(usually without article) | noun | def. | noun | ||
nominative | (das) | Jiddisch | das | Jiddische | |
genitive | (des) | Jiddisch, Jiddischs | des | Jiddischen | |
dative | (dem) | Jiddisch | dem | Jiddischen | |
accusative | (das) | Jiddisch | das | Jiddische |