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Yekke¹

  • /ˈjɛkə/
  • /ˈjɛki/

Where it comes from

From Yiddish יעקע (yeke). See Wikipedia.

noun Yekkes · yekke

  1. derogatory, mildly, sometimes A Jew of German-speaking origin.

yekke²

  • /ˈjɛkə/
  • /ˈjɛki/

Where it comes from

From Yiddish יעקע (yeke). See Wikipedia.

noun yekkes

  1. derogatory, mildly, sometimes Alternative letter-case form of Yekke “No harm has been done,” he says, his supple Yiddish fitted with a stiffening wire of the German accent to which he and his fellow yekkes, even after sixty years, stubbornly cling.

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noun Jew of German-speaking origin

DeutschJecke, Jeckin

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@misc{yekke_2026,
  title = {yekke},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yekke},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}