אויסלייגן

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Yiddish

Etymology

Probably from Middle High German ūʒlegen (to display, lay out; interpret; pronounce; lend money).[1][2][3] By surface analysis, אויס־ (oys-) +‎ לייגן (leygn). Compare German auslegen (to lay out, display; interpret; lend money), Dutch uitleggen (explain; interpret)

Verb

אויסלייגן (oysleygn) (past participle אויסגעלייגט (oysgeleygt))

  1. to spell (write or say the letters that form a word)
    Synonyms: זאָגן די אוית ףון (zogn di os fun), ספּעלן (speln)
    ווי לייגט זיך אויס דאָס וואָרט?
    vi leygt zikh oys dos vort?
    How is this word spelt?
  2. to interpret
  3. to advance, lay out (i.e. lend money)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ "ūzlegen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
  2. ^ auslegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
  3. ^ auslegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

  • Alexander Harkavy (2006) “אויסלייגן”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 14
  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אויסלייגן”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 781