1875, from Yiddish yidish, from Middle High German jüdisch "Jewish" (in phrase jüdisch deutsch "Jewish-German"), from jude "Jew," from Old High German judo, from Latin Judaeus (see Jew). The English word has been re-borrowed in German as jiddisch. As an adjective from 1886. Related: Yiddishism.
雙語例句
1. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.
我根本不懂意第緒語，所以請他來翻譯。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I will not write down his real name even in this bothersome Yiddish - letter cipher.
即使是用難以辨認的意弟緒語字母的密碼,我也不願意在這裏寫下他的真實姓名.
來自辭典例句
3. Shvitzer - Yiddish: someone who sweats a lot, especially a nervous seducer.
依地語: 一個汗如雨下的人, 尤指一個緊張的玩弄女人者.
來自互聯網
4. If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch. -- Yiddish Proverb.
不入虎穴, 焉得虎子(想和貓玩就別怕貓摳 ) - 猶太諺語.
來自互聯網
5. Yiddish and Luxem - bourgian are offshoots of German, and Afrikaans is based on Dutch.