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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German got, from Old High German got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
Pronunciation
Noun
גאָט • (got) m, plural געטער (geter)
- god
- , from Yehoyesh's translation
ניטאָ אַזאַ ווי דו, יהוה, צווישן די געטער.- nito aza vi du, adoynoy, tsvishn di geter.
- None are like Thee, Lord, among all the gods.
- God
- (Khurbn) A ghetto prisoner who avoided work by paying for a replacement.
References
- Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.86, 235. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909