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General Information

dictionary

The authors of this dictionary ensure that all its entries conform to the standard language according to the grammar and spelling rules established by YIVO.

Currently Wikisłownik (the Polish Wiktionary) has 8553 Yiddish entries, all of which have YIVO romanization, Polish phonetic pronunciation, and IPA. Almost all of the nouns have an indication of the gender and plural form. Most of the entries also provide etymology, related terms, and synonyms. Some of the entries have examples of the word used in a sentence.

We plan to complete all of the possible declensions and conjugations, and to provide usage examples for each entry. Every day we add new entries and expand the existing ones.

Currently our dictionary is the largest, up-to-date, postwar dictionary that has been "published" in Poland, but there is still plenty to do... If you're up for it, you too can help us. To see how you can join our staff and start co-editing, read to redactors and help.

textbook

At the same time Wikibooks is creating a textbook for Yiddish, which, together with this dictionary, is intended to serve as a base for learning the Yiddish language and its history.

further reading

Also check out the information about Yiddish on the English Wikipedia.