Freelang Yiddish-English dictionary

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Yiddish is a non-territorial High German language of Jewish (Ashkenazi) origin, spoken throughout the world by about three million speakers. It emerged as the national language of a large Jewish community in Eastern Europe that rejected Zionism and sought Jewish cultural autonomy in Europe. Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet.

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Yiddish-English and the English-Yiddish lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.

Yiddish > English: 8,289 words
English > Yiddish: 6,644 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: April 9, 2008

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