by Anthony Moocow November 21, 2010
Get the Yiddle Sticks mug.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
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?"
English: "can you understand Yiddish?"
German: "Koennen Sie Deutsche Sprechen?"
by Yaakov October 24, 2005
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Get the YIDO mug.a term for a friend who share l33t h4king sk1llz e.g y1dderz, howz it fr4ggin???
Also the long term for 'Yid st00f' Meaning also the same.
Can also be used as a greeting to your 1337 h4x0r fr13ndz
Also the long term for 'Yid st00f' Meaning also the same.
Can also be used as a greeting to your 1337 h4x0r fr13ndz
by Leez0rz August 15, 2006
Get the Yidderz mug.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").
Example of Yiddish: "Oi vai!" (Literally "Oh, pain!" or "Oh, woe").
by Lee Goddard December 16, 2006
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Sometimes used to catch people off guard by giving them an answer they were not expecting.
Sometimes used to catch people off guard by giving them an answer they were not expecting.
by bananapants45 March 27, 2010
Get the Yidda mug.someone who tried to integrate with jewish society, but fails, thus being labelled a yidiot, by the yiddish community.
yidiot: "baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha'olives"
jew: "you are such a yidiot! get back to cheder, fool!"
jew: "you are such a yidiot! get back to cheder, fool!"
by candiclaus November 8, 2006
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