• Yiddish words used in the English language include both words that have been assimilated into English – used by both Yiddish and English speakers – and...
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  • This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English. There are differing...
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  • are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked...
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    letters. Yiddish orthography is the writing system used for the Yiddish language. It includes Yiddish spelling rules and the Hebrew script, which is used as...
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  • words of Welsh origin List of English words of Yiddish origin List of English words of Zulu origin Anglicisation English terms with diacritical marks Inkhorn...
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  • Some German words are used in English narrative to identify that the subject expressed is in German, e.g., Frau, Reich. As languages, English and German...
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  • known in Anglophone contexts via Yiddish, and may be, therefore, simply regarded as Yiddish. (This problem is illustrated in the list of English words of...
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    New York City English, often used by Jews and non-Jews alike, unaware of the linguistic origin of the phrases. Yiddish words used in English were documented...
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  • The Joys of Yiddish is a book containing a lexicon of common words and phrases of Yinglish—i.e., words originating in the Yiddish language that had become...
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  • Polish luger Stu Macher, killer in Scream Macher, a Yiddish word used in English, see Yiddish words used in English#M-- literally, "doer, someone who...
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    grammar, phonology, and most commonly used words keep it genealogically classified under the Germanic branch. English exists on a dialect continuum with...
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  • Yeshivish (redirect from Yeshiva English)
    standard language as it did in the past. Hebraization of English Klezmer-loshn Yeshiva Yiddish words used in English Jewish English Lexicon "How To Understand...
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    Several Polish words have entered English slang via Yiddish, brought by Ashkenazi Jews migrating from Poland to North America. Other English words were indirectly...
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    Yiddish dialects are varieties of the Yiddish language and are divided according to the region in Europe where each developed its distinctiveness. Linguistically...
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  • of Greek and Latin roots in English List of Greek morphemes used in English List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names Transliteration...
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    have an accurate equivalent in English. For words to appear here, they must appear in their own entry in a dictionary; words that occur only as part of...
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  • languages, including English, contain words (Russianisms) most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are of purely Russian...
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    Goy (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    In modern Hebrew and Yiddish, goy (/ɡɔɪ/; גוי‎, pl.: goyim /ˈɡɔɪ.ɪm/, גוים‎ or גויים‎) is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew. Through Yiddish, the word has...
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    Mazel tov (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    Mazel-tov is also used as a personal name. The phrase "mazel tov" is recorded as entering into American English from Yiddish in 1862, pronounced /ˈmɑːzəltɒv...
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  • Unlike English, such forms in Yiddish are highly systematic and may be used with virtually any verb. The nouns used sometimes appear only in the context...
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  • Schmuck (pejorative) (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    Lance Corporal Schmuckatelli List of English words of Yiddish origin Gross, David C. English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary: Romanized Hippocrene Books...
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    Jewish greetings (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    Ashkenazim, some are Yiddish). For the Sabbath, there are several ways to greet people in a variety of languages, including Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino. For...
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  • [citation needed] The list provided below outlines frequently used terms and phrases used in South Africa. This compilation also includes borrowed slang...
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  • Yid (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    Look up yid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word Yid (/ˈjiːd/; Yiddish: איד), also known as the Y-word, is a Jewish ethnonym of Yiddish origin. It...
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    Bisel Yiddish | Education. Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 19 October 2011. The Mendele Review: Yiddish Literature and Language, Volume 11, No. 10. Yiddish.haifa...
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    Sámi languages and Yiddish — and Swedish Sign Language. For most of its history, Sweden was a larger country than today. At its height in 1658, the Swedish...
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  • Shmendrik (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    up schmendrick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shmendrik (Yiddish: שמענדריק), also rendered as schmendrick or shmendrick is a Yiddish word meaning a...
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  • Mensch (category Yiddish words and phrases)
    Mensch (Yiddish: מענטש, mentsh, from Middle High German Mensch, from Old High German mennisco; akin to Old English human being, man) means "a person of...
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  • where useful. List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M–Z List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List...
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  • may have entered English via Russian, Polish, or Yiddish, among others. They may have originated in another languages, but are used to describe notions...
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