Yiddish

a language spoken by some Jewish people, which is related to German
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Thank you very much = A sheynem dank

by Alexandre Piscirilli Ramos March 21, 2005

Yiddish Cup

1) A vague 'insult' used by the execs at Ebaum's World in a lousily written "Cease and Desist" letter to YTMND. It could be anything; from slander, to an ethnic slur, a Mario Kart race, an actual cup, an old german expression, a hat, etc.

2) A band from Ohio. They mainly play instrumental music, and feature such great songs as: "Bay mir bistu sheyn" and "Vu bistu geveyzn far prohibition?". Its composed of:

Bert Stratton: clarinet, and harmonica
Irwin Weinberger: vocals, guitar, and mandolin
Steve Greenman: violin
Walt Mahovlich: accordion
Alan Douglass: accoustic bass, piano, cello, and backup vocals
Craig Woodson: drums, and percussion

1) Ceast and Desist LOL, BTW - a11 your3 yiddi$h cuP r belong 2 us!!1!

2) I went to a Yiddish Cup concert back in june of '96; they were awesome!

by Alex Bee January 13, 2006

Yiddish kop

Yiddish kop or Yiddisher kop (ייִדיש קאָפּ); lit. Jewish head, is an Yiddish expression. The latter is used when a person wants to indicate that Jews, of which mainly Ashkenazi Jews are meant, are smart (have a good head).

Only an Yiddish kop like Einstein can solve this.

by Cousin Chaim May 9, 2012

yiddish

A Jewishlanguage based on German once spoken throughout Central and Eastern Europeby AshkenazicJews. The name comes from a combination of the German words, "Jud" (Jew) and "Deutsch" (German). Sometimes referred to as a dialect of German, and sometimes denigrated as the "Ebonics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire", Yiddish does have its own unique qualities which differentiate it from standard German. Unfortunately, most Yiddish speakers were killed in the Holocaust, and emigration of the Jews of Central Europe and Eastern Europe resulted in the near-disappearance of the language. Today it can only be heard in isolated pockets in certain big cities worldwide. It is probably the most endangered European language right now. However, Yiddish words have heavily influenced American English,especially that of New York, and to a lesser extent have made it into Cockney. The use of Yiddish words like schmuck, putz, shyster, etc. by comedians, in particular, has spread Yiddishisms throughout the Anglosphere. Even though the Yiddish language is in a severe and probably irreversible state of decline, certain Yiddish words will always be with us, kein ahora.

Oy vey, nobody speaks Yiddish anymore. Nu?

by Rattus cattus October 26, 2006

yiddish cup

n; The yiddish cup is a saying often used by insane people with a foot up a certain orifice that shall go un-named as of this writing. Sometimes used in conjunction with "LOL"

"you will be held accountable for the deeds and threats that were aimed at our site and our people. Obviously you have lost possession of your Yiddish cup."

by clayton R. January 13, 2006

yiddish

A Germanic language invented by Jews in Germany. After being blamed for the black death, the Jews were forced out of Germany, spreading through Eastern Europe and taking their middle-high period German language with them and mixing in a few Hebrew words, such as:
Ganif (thief) from Hebrew (Ganav)
Shikker (drunk) from Hebrew (Shikur)
Mishpoyche (family) from Hebrew (Mishpacha)
etc.
The language is written, curiously enough, using the Hebrew alphabet. As it once almost completely resembled German, the language evolved in Germany while the Jews were somewhere else, and therefore the language is still basically middle-high German.
Yiddish was the mother tongue of millions people before the Holocaust

Yiddish: "Kaynen di forshtaysen Yiddish?"

English: "can you understand Yiddish?"

German: "Koennen Sie Deutsche Sprechen?"

by Yaakov October 24, 2005

Yiddish

Largely European language of the Jewish population. Based on an amalgum of German syntax and grammar, with vocabulary from German and Hebrew, transcribed in the Hebrew alphabet, with loan words from many other Central and Eastern European languages (Czech, Magyar, Russian, Slovak, Polish).

"She spoke Yiddish in the kitchen, Ladino in the office, and softly in bed."

Example of Yiddish: "Oi vai!" (Literally "Oh, pain!" or "Oh, woe").

by Lee Goddard December 16, 2006