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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish משפּחה (mishpokhe), in turn from Hebrew משפחה (mishpakhá).
Pronunciation
Noun
Mischpoke f (genitive Mischpoke, plural Mischpoken)
- (colloquial, now rare) family
(Can we date this quote?), Erich Mühsam, chapter 2, in Tagebücher 1910-1924, published 1994, →ISBN:Ich habe in der letzten Zeit – wohl, weil ich an das Glück mit dem Puma nicht glauben kann – so oft Todesgedanken gehabt, daß ich gestern für alle Fälle mein Testament gemacht habe. So habe ich doch die Sicherheit, daß mein literarischer Nachlaß nicht einmal in die Fänge meiner Mischpoche fällt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension, colloquial, now rare) a bunch or group of people
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