Meaning

4 senses
  1. Following the religion of Judaism.

    There are many Jewish people in France.

    of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

  2. Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.

    I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday.

    jüdisch

    евре́йскийjevréjskij, иуде́йскийiudéjskij, жидо́вскийžidóvskij

    євре́йськийjevréjsʹkyj, іуде́йськийiudéjsʹkyj, юде́йськийjudéjsʹkyj

  3. (dated, derogatory, offensive)Greedy, miserly.

  4. Yiddish.

Examples

304 sentences
  1. Tom isn't Jewish.

    Том не єврей. — deniko

    deTom ist kein Jude. — Felixjp

  2. I was raised Jewish.

  3. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

    ruКогда почти настало время Пасхи, Иисус подошёл к Иерусалиму. — Biga

  4. Tom's father is Jewish.

  5. I'm a Jewish woman.

    Я єврейка. — deniko

    ruЯ еврейка. — Ooneykcall

    deIch bin Jüdin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture:

Origin

From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish

From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish.

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Forms

Jewisher/more Jewish, Jewishest/most Jewish
ComparativeJewisher / more Jewish Lesson
SuperlativeJewishest / most Jewish Lesson

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Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion:Judaic

Antonyms

4 antonyms

See also

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