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This dictionary is a magisterial reference guide to the dynamic tapestry of Yiddish as a living language. Its entries are like little windows into the rich multifaceted world of living Yiddish culture.
3 sty 2019 · Many Yiddish words have made their way into American English. These "Yinglish" terms often evoke warmth, irony, hardship, and strong family ties.
A brief glossary of important and commonly used Yiddish words and phrases. Bissel (bisl)— A little bit, as in “I just want to eat a bissel right now.” Bubbe (bubby) — Grandmother
Yiddish dictionary. Wiktionary pronunciation Wikipedia Google search Google books. • A Yiddish cultural dictionary for the 21st century, by Dovid Katz. • University of Kentucky: Yiddish-English dictionary (Latin characters) • Verterbukh.org: Yiddish-English & French dictionary.
The user-friendly entries include words for standard and literary as well as contemporary colloquial and conversational usage and a wide range of terms from all sources of Yiddish, including those of Hebraic-Aramaic, Slavic, and Romance as well as Germanic origin.
Containing more than 84,000 entries and subentries, the award-winning Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many parts of the world.
Including over 37,000 entries compiled by a team of expert Yiddish linguists, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary surpasses all its predecessors in the number of words and rich selection of idioms, examples of usage, and coverage of stylistic levels and dialect forms.
