If you're trying to learn Yiddish Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Yiddish grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Yiddish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Yiddish Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Yiddish feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Yiddish Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | ווייַבלעך |
| he is happy | ער איז גליקלעך |
| she is happy | זי איז גליקלעך |
| he is American | ער איז אמעריקאנער |
| she is American | זי איז אמעריקאנער |
| man | מענטש |
| woman | פרוי |
| father | טאַטע |
| mother | מוטער |
| brother | ברודער |
| sister | שוועסטער |
| uncle | פעטער |
| aunt | מומע |
| bull | ביק |
| cow | קו |
| boy | יינגל |
| girl | מיידל |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Yiddish.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Yiddish? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Yiddish vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Yiddish Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | אַבדזשעקץ |
| bathroom | קלאָזעט |
| bed | בעט |
| bedroom | שלאָפצימער |
| ceiling | סופיט |
| chair | שטול |
| clothes | קליידער |
| coat | רעקל |
| cup | טעפּל |
| desk | שרייַבטיש |
| dress | קלייד |
| floor | שטאָק |
| fork | גאָפּל |
| furniture | מעבל |
| glass | גלאז |
| hat | קאַפּל |
| house | הויז |
| ink | טינט |
| jacket | רעקל |
| kitchen | קיך |
| knife | מעסער |
| lamp | לאָמפּ |
| letter | בריוו |
| map | מאַפּע |
| newspaper | צייַטונג |
| notebook | העפט |
| pants | הויזן |
| paper | פּאַפּיר |
| pen | פעדער |
| pencil | בלייַפעדער |
| pharmacy | אַפּטייק |
| picture | בילד |
| plate | טעלער |
| refrigerator | פרידזשידער |
| restaurant | רעסטאָראַן |
| roof | דאַך |
| room | צימער |
| rug | דיוואַן |
| scissors | שער |
| shampoo | שאַמפּו |
| shirt | העמד |
| shoes | שיכלעך |
| soap | זייף |
| socks | סאַקס |
| spoon | לעפל |
| table | טיש |
| toilet | קלאָזעט |
| toothbrush | ציינבערשטל |
| toothpaste | ציינפּאַסטע |
| towel | האַנטעך |
| umbrella | שירעם |
| underwear | ונטערוועש |
| wall | וואַנט |
| wallet | בייַטל |
| window | פענצטער |
| telephone | טעלעפאָן |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Yiddish. Once you're done with Yiddish Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Yiddish lessons here: Learn Yiddish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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