Jewish

Etymology

From Jew +‎ -ish. Compare Old English Iūdēisc (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic Jewish (iudaivisks). See also Yiddish.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞oʹ-ĭsh, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒuː.ɪʃ/

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Adjective

Jewish (comparative more Jewish, superlative most Jewish)

1. Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
2. Yiddish

Proper noun

Jewish

1. (informal, dated) The Yiddish language.

See also

• Hebrew
• Israeli
• Evrite, Ivrite