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Yiddishkeit

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Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדישקייט (yidishkeyt).

noun yiddishkayt · yidishkayt · Yidishkeit · yidishkeyt

  1. uncountable Jewishness; the Jewish way of life, particularly Ashkenazi and Yiddish culture. Wait! my Ezekiel will be Bar-mitzvah in a few years; then you shall see what I will do for that Shool. You shall see what an example of Yiddishkeit I will give to a link generation.

    Opposite: goyishkeit

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DeutschJüdischkeit
עבריתיִידִישְׁקַיְיט yidishkayt

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"Yiddishkeit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yiddishkeit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Yiddishkeit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yiddishkeit

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@misc{yiddishkeit_2026,
  title = {Yiddishkeit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yiddishkeit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}