Irving: "Beautiful, handsome, fair" - Hebrew Equivalent: Shefer
The plural form of "tsung" in Yiddish is "tsungen."
Betje is not Yiddish. It is a Dutch name, pronounced "betcha"
That's the form in which the Hebrew "gahn-AHV" was adopted into Yiddish. It means 'thief'.
Yiddish = Yiddish (ייִדיש)
"Redstu Yiddish" is Yiddish for "Do you speak Yiddish?"
The plural form of "tsung" in Yiddish is "tsungen."
Ita: "Thirsty" - also, a corrupt form Yiddish for of Yehudit (Judith) Yehudit: "Praise"
Only in the form of a book
Betje is not Yiddish. It is a Dutch name, pronounced "betcha"
That's the form in which the Hebrew "gahn-AHV" was adopted into Yiddish. It means 'thief'.
Abrashke is a Yiddish form of Abraham or Avraham. Abraham or Avraham is Hebrew for "father of a mighty nation".
Yiddish = Yiddish (ייִדיש)
"Redstu Yiddish" is Yiddish for "Do you speak Yiddish?"
Lisa: A pet form of Elizabeth Elizabeth: "God's oath" - Hebrew Equivalent: Elisheva
"Jewish" in Yiddish is "ייִדיש" (yidish), pronounced as "yiddish."
It's a closer, more familiar form of "father".
Washington Irving was the first American author to make extensive use of the short story form of fiction.