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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YINGLISH

From Yi(ddish) + (E)nglish.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF YINGLISH

Yinglish  [ˈjɪŋɡlɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YINGLISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yinglish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YINGLISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Yinglish

Yinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English-speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were uncommon in the old country. Leo Rosten's book The Joys of Yiddish uses the words Yinglish and Ameridish to describe new words, or new meanings of existing Yiddish words, created by English-speaking persons with some knowledge of Yiddish. Rosten defines "Yinglish" as "Yiddish words that are used in colloquial English" and Ameridish as words coined by Jews in the United States; his use, however, is sometimes inconsistent. According to his definition on page x, alrightnik is an Ameridish word; however, on page 12 it is identified as Yinglish. The Joys of Yiddish describes the following words as Yinglish except where noted as Ameridish: ▪ alrightnik, alrightnikeh, alrightnitseh – male, female, female individual who has been successful; nouveau richebleib shver...

Definition of Yinglish in the English dictionary

The definition of Yinglish in the dictionary is a dialect of English spoken esp by Jewish immigrants to New York, and heavily influenced by Yiddish constructions and loan words Also: Yenglish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YINGLISH


blinglish
ˈblɪŋɡlɪʃ
Chinglish
ˈtʃɪŋɡlɪʃ
Denglish
ˈdɛŋɡlɪʃ
English
ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ
Hinglish
ˈhɪŋɡlɪʃ
Polglish
ˈpəʊlɡlɪʃ
Singlish
ˈsɪŋɡlɪʃ
Spanglish
ˈspæŋɡlɪʃ
tinglish
ˈtɪŋɡlɪʃ
un-English
ʌnˈɪŋɡlɪʃ
Yenglish
ˈjɪŋɡlɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YINGLISH

Yin and Yang
Yinchuan
Yinchwan
yindie
Yingkou
Yingkow
yip
yipe
yipes
yippee
yipper
yippie
yips
yird
yirr
yirth
yite
yitie
yitten
Yizkor

WORDS THAT END LIKE YINGLISH

African-American Vernacular English
American English
basic English
Canadian English
Dalglish
Early English
estuary English
half-English
Japanglish
King´s English
Middle English
Modern English
Old English
Oxford English
pidgin English
publish
queen´s English
Southern British English
Standard English
the English
Wardour Street English

Synonyms and antonyms of Yinglish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Yinglish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YINGLISH

Find out the translation of Yinglish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Yinglish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Yinglish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Yinglish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Yinglish
570 millions of speakers

English

Yinglish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Yinglish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Yinglish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Yinglish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Yinglish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Yinglish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Yinglish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yinglish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Yinglish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Yinglish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Yinglish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yinglish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Yinglish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Yinglish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यिंग्लिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yingliş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Yinglish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Yinglish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Yinglish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Yinglish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Yinglish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Yinglish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Yinglish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Yinglish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Yinglish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YINGLISH»

The term «Yinglish» is used very little and occupies the 183.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YINGLISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Yinglish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Yinglish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Yinglish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YINGLISH»

Discover the use of Yinglish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Yinglish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yinglish: Yiddish and English Combined for Those Occasions ...
Packed with brand-new, made-up words to thrill and delight Jews and Goyim alike, this is the world's first 'Yinglish' dictionary. Yinglish is sure to appeal to humour fans, as well as fans of the New York Times bestseller Born to Kvetch.
Sasha Klotz, 2009
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Anglish/Yinglish: Yiddish in American Life and Literature
Featuring the words of some of America's most distinguished voices, this updated second edition reveals the ways Yiddish has transformed the American language.
Gene Bluestein, 1998
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The Joys of Yinglish
A look at the joining of English and Yiddish into "Yinglish" employs scholarship, humor, and linguistic anthropology to discuss the effects of the marriage of the two languages. Reprint.
Leo Calvin Rosten, 1992
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Historical Linguistics, 1997: Selected Papers from the 13th ...
And, to return to our original invented dialogue in 1 8 above, we find as expected that Yiddish Focus-Movement is perfectly felicitous in the context where Yinglish Yiddish-Movement was: (28) Yiddish Focus-Movement: A: Vos hertzikh ...
Monika S. Schmid, Jennifer R. Austin, Dieter Stein, 1998
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Drek!: The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You
XIV Yinglish: The Yiddish You Already Know Without Knowing It Jews have played a central role in American culture for over a century, making major contributions to literature, theatre, film, music, the social and physical sciences, comedy (in ...
Yetta Emmes, 1998
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American Babel: Literatures of the United States from Abnaki ...
Changing the "s" to a "c" corresponds further to the Yinglish formula according to which the two words should appear as identical as possible. Why else would Roth change the spelling from a romanization closer to Yiddish "-ise" to the more  ...
Marc Shell, 2002
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish
To make a word Yinglish, you can also add a typically Yiddish prefix. The "sh" sound is a good example. A Cadillac is just a car, and the best put- down for a nouveaux riche friend who thinks ownership now makes him better than you, is to  ...
Benjamin Blech, 2000
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Synagogue Life: A Study in Symbolic Interaction
In their accentuation and in the context of Yinglish these expressions have, however, lost their original veneer of eloquence. Like a noble lost on a linguistic skid row, such phrases are memories of a language that once was. To the speaker ...
‎1976
9
Jewish Languages: Aramaic Language, Yiddish Language, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010
10
Yiddish: Yiddish Language, Yinglish, Jewish Autonomous ...
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 303. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YINGLISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Yinglish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Autism in the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism: “There were …
We speak what we call Yinglish, a combination of Yiddish and English and Talmudic ancient Hebrew. I'm not kidding. I was writing a little bit in Yiddish, I was ... «Salon, Aug 15»
2
HomeShutting a Window on Toronto's Yiddish Past?
Solomon also thinks it's time to honor Yinglish, the transliterated English that characterized much commercial speech at the turn of the last century. «Forward, Jul 15»
3
Without a glitch Students learn Yiddish during intensive summer …
“It was just kind of idiomatic Yinglish expressions. It wasn't anything that had any sort of grammatical structure or anything.” This is one of the reasons Aaeng ... «Amherst Bulletin, Jun 15»
4
HomeWe're Not Screaming — It's Just Yiddish!
My mother was raised speaking English, with Yiddish sprinkled in. Her mother, from Williamsburg, grew up in “Yinglish,” and my Austrian great-grandmother was ... «Forward, Jun 15»
5
Professional Beggar Uses Cash Box, Wireless Credit Card Machine
“For years, Ehrlich has made a circuit of yeshivas in Israel's religious cities, like Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, offering his Yinglish patter to pious students in ... «The Inquisitr, Oct 14»
6
Lucas Urbanski in spelling bee semifinals
Yinglish,” a portmanteau of “Yiddish English,” refers to Yiddish words that have made their way into colloquial English. The semifinals will be broadcast from 9 ... «Northwest Herald, May 14»
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Spitting and Other Methods of Warding Off Canaries, Jinxes and Evil …
... ptu, ptu') is an effective way of warding off a kinehore — or 'canary' in my native Yinglish. My mother especially used it when sewing something while I was still ... «Jewish Daily Forward, May 14»
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A real Mentsh!«
Jiddismen im Umgangsenglisch fasst Leo Rosten unter dem Begriff »Yinglish« zusammen. Zu den Wörtern deutschen Ursprungs, die, zum Teil semantisch ... «Jüdische Allgemeine, Feb 14»
9
Borscht Capades: The Mickey Katz Project
But those Yinglish double-entendres also won foes. One Jewish radio station director banned Katz's songs from the airwaves. Here's the offending number, ... «MTPR, Nov 13»
10
'Yinglish' or 'Mangled English'?
Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism (Rutgers University Press) can be a source of information, fascination, ... «The Jewish Press, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Yinglish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/yinglish>. May 2024 ».
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