yiddish

1. (yiddish) (429↑, 122↓)

1.) Totally awesome language that is a combination of german and hebrew. Has contributed words such as: "bagel," "nudnik," "mishmash" "schmuck" to our everyday vocabulary. 2) the perfect language to insult people, paticuarly goyem.

"Oy Vey (woe is me) my boychick (darling son)is all ferblungit (mixed up) he acts like such a nebbish (loser)and shlemiel (weakling) he lost all his money to that gonif (theif) of a stockbroker. Oh woe is me\!

Author: Lydia http://yiddish.urbanup.com/172532

2. (yiddish) (147↑, 37↓)

A [Jewish]language based on [German] once spoken throughout Central and [Eastern Europe]by [Ashkenazic][Jew]s. 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]?

Author: Rattus cattus http://yiddish.urbanup.com/2053120

3. (Yiddish) (101↑, 33↓)

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

Author: Alexandre Piscirilli Ramos http://yiddish.urbanup.com/1133800

4. (yiddish) (52↑, 28↓)

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?"

Author: Yaakov http://yiddish.urbanup.com/1484384

5. (yiddish) (46↑, 37↓)

ok some people are a little confused, so im gunna try to set the record as strait as i can. one, the word is goy, goyem is plural, and it does not mean gentile it means non-jew. Also Uncle is wrong, the laungeg was not invented by the khazars (present day khazakstan) it is though a mixture of Middle German and Hebrew. It is also not used by any broad group of people but some people sill do speak it. It is also quite fun for insalting people. Also it is not common with the torah at all\! infact it never shows up in the torah seeing as there were no jews in germany yet so how could the laungegs be commbied? yeah so if im wrong o well but i am allmost positive this is all true info. please excuse my spelling

im no goy, and yiddish is fun to swear at people in, partly because they will just be damn connfused and it sounds cool

Author: noah ben yitsahk http://yiddish.urbanup.com/1424976

6. (Yiddish) (50↑, 41↓)

I find it hilarious that person number two is going on and on about how much Yiddish he knows, and then calls himself a goyem. Goyem is the plural form. I would call him an idiot, but fact remains that he isn't an idiot--Just a goy :P

My Spanish is so goood. Yo nadar a el playa, y mis gustan las lirbos\!

Author: Loud_mouthed_jewish_chick http://yiddish.urbanup.com/896470

7. (Yiddish) (10↑, 4↓)

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").

Author: Lee Goddard http://yiddish.urbanup.com/2144343

8. (yiddish) (33↑, 32↓)

Yiddish is a mixed language derived from German and Hebrew. "Nosh" "Bubula" "Keppela" "Tatula" are only a few of the words that are used. The amazing genetic mix of modern Jewry has some people who think the whole world is a part of "New Deutchland" or "New Jihadland" are wondering why Jews are more successful, better looking than them, and have more personality in their pinkies than most of these people do in their whole nation. I'll explain: Modern Jewry is a mixed of Jewish people from Israel back before Jesus (he was jewish though), Jews from the Rhineland, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and yes the Ruling class of the Khazaria Kingdom did convert to Judaism and yes we are guessing that part of the population converted too. With that in mind, we also had intelligent Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Americans, and other nations marrying into the Jewish Populations and were eventually absorbed into the Jewish Population as well. Zionists are people who thought that Jewish people should have their own land again and due to actual Jewish Genetics, the land of Eretz Yisrael was recreated.

Let's go to a Delicatessen to "Nosh" on a Bagel with Lox and Cream Cheese and while we are eating let's say a few other Yiddish words.

Author: Ashkenazi (Meaning: Eastern Euro Jewish Person) http://yiddish.urbanup.com/1989258

9. (yiddish) (27↑, 26↓)

bastard language of Hebrew and German, used because until recently the Hebrew language was not conducive to conversation. every word is filled with untranslatable connotations, which makes it an excellent swearing language. also holds the most potent insult in the world: [paskudnyak] spoken often in New York without actual knowledge of meanings. Almost always heard in combination with English.

Classic yiddish words: shlep, schmuck, klutz, mensch, bagel, and the wonderful -nik nouns (beatnik, nogoodnik...)

Author: Shwaggy http://yiddish.urbanup.com/818153

10. (yiddish) (2↑, 2↓)

A particularly insensitive and bold term used to describe the behavior of a cheating peddler of goods and wares who has taken advantage of your position in a seller's market; almost exclusively used to describe midwestern drug dealers.

Ernie:"Can you believe that little bag of sticks and marbles Kevin sold us? This sucks. Now we need to go to Des Moines or something." Willy: "That is so yiddish. I'm going to tell my mommy on him\!"

Author: woodtickwillyandthe1sock2 http://yiddish.urbanup.com/5921957

11. (Yiddish) (0↑, 1↓)

A language spoken by the Jews of Ashkenaz (East Europe). based on Hebrew, Gernam, Aramaic, Slavic and Latin.

Most of the Polish Jews speak Yiddish.

Author: The Girl of the Moon http://yiddish.urbanup.com/5985031

12. (yiddish) (10↑, 27↓)

A language (common with jews and the torah) that sounds like a cross between German and Hebrew. A very well known word of yiddish is shmuck, meaning dick

That guy is speaking yiddish yo

Author: meeeeeeeeeee http://yiddish.urbanup.com/235257

13. (yiddish) (12↑, 40↓)

A kick ass language that is can make coversation so much more interesting. Mostly spoken by Jews, but I know a lot of yiddish, and I'm a goyem (gentile) So in short, spoken by Jews, some gentiles, and the entire town of Great Neck.

Oy vey, everyone knows yiddish\!

Author: Liz http://yiddish.urbanup.com/463758

14. (yiddish) (25↑, 96↓)

A language born from the Khazars, a primative like medeval Asiatic tribe that converted to Judiasm. It has not one word in common with Hebrew. Uses the same characters in it's alphabet for this reason. Just as similar to Hebrew as Spanish is to Swedish, since they too use the same characters in their alphabet but have not word in common with each other. See [Kaizar]

Jesus did not speak a word of Yiddish or quote from the Talmud once.

Author: Uncle http://yiddish.urbanup.com/821012

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Last updated: 2012.03.01