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I wonder how big the influence of Yiddish has been on German itself. Given the closeness of Yiddish and German, it would be the words of Hebrew origin that woul
by hanslub42 6y ago
I wonder how big the influence of Yiddish has been on German itself. Given the closeness of Yiddish and German, it would be the words of Hebrew origin that would stand out.
Dutch has quite a number of Yiddish loan-words, many of them in (very) common use. Almost all of them have Hebrew roots (see https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddisch#Jiddische_invloeden_in_het_Nederlands https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddisch#Jiddische_invloeden_i...)
- w-m 6y agoWikipedia has a list for German loan words from Yiddish as well: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_W%C3%B6rter_aus_dem_Hebr%C3%A4ischen_und_Jiddischen https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_W%C3%B6rter_au... There seems to be a large overlap with the Dutch list, and they are also very commonly used. I don’t think many people (me included) would realize for a large part of the list, that they have Yiddish/Hebrew origin.
- MarcusE1W 6y agoIn the german town of Münster exists a local dialect called Masematte, historically only spoken in some of the towns districts and with a influence from Yiddish. Some words are still very common and in use. E.g jovel for good, great, pretty I can’t find a English description, here is a German one: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masematte https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masematte