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Yiddish Nouns
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Yiddish Nouns
Learning the Yiddish Nouns displayed below is vital to the language. Yiddish nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Yiddish Nouns |
|---|---|
| nouns | נאַונז |
| my car | מיין מאַשין |
| green car | גרין מאַשין |
| three cars | דרייַ קאַרס |
| car garage | מאַשין גאַראַזש |
| outside the car | אַרויס די מאַשין |
Notice the structure of the Nouns in Yiddish.
List of Nouns in Yiddish
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Yiddish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Yiddish vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Yiddish Nouns |
|---|---|
| arm | אָרעם |
| back | צוריק |
| cheeks | טשיקס |
| chest | קאַסטן |
| chin | גאָמבע |
| ear | געהער |
| elbow | עלנבויגן |
| eye | אָנקוקן |
| face | מינע |
| finger | פינגער |
| fingers | פינגער |
| foot | פֿיס |
| hair | האָר |
| hand | האַנט |
| head | קאָפּ |
| heart | האַרץ |
| knee | קני |
| leg | פוס |
| lip | ליפּ |
| mouth | מויל |
| neck | האַלדז |
| nose | נאָז |
| shoulder | אַקסל |
| stomach | מאָגן |
| teeth | ציין |
| thigh | פּאָלקע |
| throat | האַלדז |
| thumb | גראָבער פינגער |
| toe | פינגער פונ פוס |
| tongue | צונג |
| tooth | צאָן |
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