Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yiddishist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yid-dishist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proponent of the Yiddish language and culture.

adj

Of or relating to the efforts of the Yiddishists.

Example Sentences

"The third type of secular Bar Mitzvah was developed by secular Yiddishists in the United States before and after World War II. Rifkind's book includes a Hebrew translation of a Yiddish article from 1939 describing such an event. It sounds from the description that the family and friends were Labor Zionists. The party was in place of a synagogue service and the focus had shifted from God and the Mitzvot to Zionism, Yiddish and the Jewish people."

Etymology

From Yiddish ייִדישיסט (yidishist, “Yiddishist (person)”). By surface analysis, Yiddish + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Yiddishists (plural)

Phrases

Yiddish studies

Frequently Paired Words

Yiddishism Yiddish studies

Synonyms

Yiddishistic

Questions

What does yiddishist mean?: A proponent of the Yiddish language and culture.
Where does yiddishist come from?: From Yiddish ייִדישיסט (yidishist, “Yiddishist (person)”). By surface analysis, Yiddish + -ist.

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