Yiddish is most similar to 10th-Century German, with some Hebrew, Russian, and a few words here and there from other Eastern European languages. It's written with the Hebrew alphabet
Yiddish is in fact a Germanic language. My tribe were Prussian/Jews. The tribe decided that Hebrew should only be used to speak to or about Chasim. So they decided to use the language of the countries they lived in to talk about normal things. Since most of the tribe moved to Europe, they adopted the local language with some Slav and Hebrew mixed in, thus Yiddish.
No, it is not Standard (Hochdeutch) German. It is based on Medieval High German which is very different. If anything, Yiddish is closer to Swiss, Austrian, Bavarian and other alemmanic languages. German speakers may understand Yiddish depending on their dialect.
OTOH, even standard German (and English for that matter) contain many Yiddish words but most people would not be aware of that fact.
You are correct about Bavarian, and Yiddish is also a dialect with similar roots (i.e. High German). But Yiddish is very old and now contains some slavic elements. Plus, Yiddish also contains some Aramaic and Hebrew words, and as with English and German, it also contains some Latin based words.
Plattdeutch is low German more similar to Dutch (IMO).
@Lagolop well there are different kinds of Plattdeutsch spoken in Germany.... and you´re right that Plattdeutsch ( just the northern spoken dialect ) is similar to Dutch, but not the south version of plattdeutsch.
It always amazes me just how many languages and dialect of languages are spoken in Europe even though the ppl are so close together.
Very different from here in Canada where we have 2 languages; English and French (which is mostly in Quebec). Where I live English is about all you will hear except from immigrants :(
I love the sound of Yiddish and it is a language full of humour too.
@Lagolop this yiddish sounds similar to my mothers tongue.... see im from the south of germany, lived there ever since, and my dialect which is spoken in Rhineland Palatinate is really rare.... then , as u said, there´s Bavarian. Other dialects are Saxon, Plattdeutsch spoken in the north e.g Hamburg, oh even i dont know every dialects spoken in my country.
That makes sense. I got a comment from aprons that lives in the same region as you (6 KM from the Alsace border. He said that he can understand Yiddish as it is similar to his dialect. Here is a vid from a band from his region. They are a celtic punk group.
@LeBlackMetalGirl - You could probably understand Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch! It has roots in Palatinate German. I only live about 40 km (25 miles) from the heart of Amish country near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (I'm only 15 km/9 miles from the Hershey chocolate factory)
@OldsVistaCruiser "Hamisch" people.Is old Dutch.In Yiddish we say Haymisch.(Good folks).Yiddish depends mainly if you are a religious Jew or "less" religious Jew.For a secular most of the words are Germanic with some Slavic.Religious Jews use Hebrew words roughly 40% of a sentence,the rest Germanic.
Yiddish was at one time the international language of Ashkenazic Jews. Eastern Europe and their descendants). A hybrid of Hebrew and medieval German, Yiddish takes about three-quarters of its vocabulary from German, but borrows words liberally from Hebrew and many other languages from the many lands where Ashkenazic Jews have lived. It has a grammatical structure all its own, and is written in an alphabet based on Hebrew characters. Scholars classify Yiddish as a Germanic language ,Yidishkeyt
Gotta tell ya, a lot of my people felt that the slaves really got the short end. At least we got to stay in our own country, more or less. So the Chief was right in his sentiment. Woof!
I think you got it: "Black people!" "No, don't be stupid." "Let 'em go" "Cop a walk. Take off. You should be healthy." "Have you seen anything like that? They darker than us! Woof!"
@yutubiobio I'm assuming you can speak german as well. When we're hearing gehen, it's actually "lozem geyn". But, same thing, let 'em go. It's been on TMC HD a lot at night lately and I find myself falling asleep watching it. I literally JUST watched the scene with the native americans and I realized if you just speak german and english, my primary lang. being english...I could have sworn at first that they were speaking German. And I still had my doubts until did some searching lol.
@ChristewieTV Hahah that would be a great shame, I did get it That's why it seemed strange to me that it sounded like they said " Auf wiedersehen" in German. Love the Yiddish speaking Indians/Native Americans,that's just genious!
Yiddish is basically Medieval High German with some Hebrew and Slavic borrow words. If you speak Swiss, Austrian or Bavarian dialect, they are close to Yiddish. Hard to spell this stuff in English (and I only know bits and pieces). I think it is the same as zay gezundt or gezunterheyt. It all mean essentially "be healthy". Apparently the Ashkenazi Jews never would say a normal goodbye (superstitious). I wish I could speak Yiddish; it's full of funny expressions.
@Lagolop Thank you for your nice and interesting reply :) Yes I'd love to speak Yiddish as well! I just know a couple of words maybe one or two phrases We used to have a Berry (Barry?) sisters cassette when I was small :P :)
@Lagolop I always thought that Yiddish had Hebrew words and the Slavic also sounds logical I have the feeling that it is also the other way around. In Russian it seems Yiddish words are being used. Love it.
Yiddish is mainly German. But there are various dialects so Slavic speakers will sound different that say a Swiss or Austrian or Dutch Jew. Maybe more Slavic terms would be used in Russia, Poland etc.
Yiddish was/is traditionally written with the Hebrew alphabet which is why there are so many spellings for the words.
Here is a Yiddish folk song.
/watch?v=RW46yrhXJBI
I have loads of Yiddish of music. I can send links if you like me to. PM me.
@Lagolop Yiddish is a manufactured language used as most such languages by those who travel a lot or connect with a variety of people for trade reasons; its made from easy to recognize words from a vast number of different trade-associated countries to make it easy to learn and to enable everybody to more or less understand each other. Other such manufactured languages are Swahili, Creole,Pigin, and, probably the most successful of the bunch...English!
Yiddish is 1 of THE oldest Germanic tongues on this planet, based on Medieval High German. It's no more "manufactured" than ANY language.
BTW Dutch, English and Yiddish are all in the exact same linguistic family = West Germanic.
Yiddish was a common lingua franca for Ashkenazi Jews throughout Europe BUT it was not developed for that purpose. It was the "mother tongue" used for day to day conversation. There are several regional dialects of Yiddish. Hebrew was reserved for prayer.
he said "Schwartze!" (blacks!), then he said "na, na, seit nicht meshugge" (no, no don't be crazy), then "Los' im gehen" (let 'em go!), then, "hast du gesehen in deine Leben?" (have you seen [anything like that[ in your life?) and finally "a wie Gesund!" (take care [literally 'stay healthy']. I'm irish american from nyc and some of my uncles spoke Yiddish cos they grew up in the Bronx. I used the german spelling cos I dont know the hebrew alphabet way to write Yiddish :)
@zorak2011 Thank you for this, for years now, I have been wondering what he said. Sure I got the basic understanding, well except for "Los' im gehen'. How fitting for Mel to say this.
@supersesqui jews have grown rich by stealing the hard earned money of the poor laboring class of the schwartzes/niggers ......it is reported that the jews have a system all over the city to 'skin' the schwartzes/niggers....rabbi abraham bass.
@Aviii one of the obstacles which helps to lower the standard of living of the schwartzes/niggers is the jewish retail merchant..... the jews, and the jewish retail merchant, regard the schwartzes/niggers as a second or a third class being......rabbis samuel rosenberg.
@Aviii I guess you dont believe in poor wee Nessie then. Even for non-believers Loch Ness is well worth a visit and a bottle of Scotlands finest may alter your beliefs.
@kemetkush it means "black" as in shwartzenegger---"blacksmith"---ask arnold.......yiddish is 60% German, with polish,check, and a bit of russian thrown in.....schwartzes = "Blacks" nice try asshole....
really? I wouldn't know, I don't speak Yiddish . . . but if that's what "schwartze" means, then how would say "black" in Yiddish? wouldn't that also be "schwartze"?
so maybe the meaning of schwartze is subjective . . . depends on the context . . . ?
Yiddish is most similar to 10th-Century German, with some Hebrew, Russian, and a few words here and there from other Eastern European languages. It's written with the Hebrew alphabet
tomada36 1 month ago
this is yiddish you schmucks.....! Mel Brooks is Jewish....
grandpoobahful 1 month ago 2
@grandpoobahful Ne Melviin Kaminsky, lest you are interested.
Juliaflo 1 month ago
There not from india <_<
DrAlbino 2 months ago
@DrAlbino shut up
Countjustinrowe 2 months ago
Hey!! It's little Rodney Allen Ripey of the McDonald's commercial...
"It's too bigg-a eat" : )
ErinMarieChase 3 months ago
@Andrew598895 how old am i????
kemetkush 3 months ago
It's "ah bee gezunt" (be well)
allanfineberg 4 months ago
Yiddish is in fact a Germanic language. My tribe were Prussian/Jews. The tribe decided that Hebrew should only be used to speak to or about Chasim. So they decided to use the language of the countries they lived in to talk about normal things. Since most of the tribe moved to Europe, they adopted the local language with some Slav and Hebrew mixed in, thus Yiddish.
metalgilbert13 5 months ago
Yiddish sure sounds a lot like standard German...
rosydonut 5 months ago
@rosydonut
No, it is not Standard (Hochdeutch) German. It is based on Medieval High German which is very different. If anything, Yiddish is closer to Swiss, Austrian, Bavarian and other alemmanic languages. German speakers may understand Yiddish depending on their dialect.
OTOH, even standard German (and English for that matter) contain many Yiddish words but most people would not be aware of that fact.
Lagolop 4 months ago
@Lagolop as far as i know Bavarian is a german dialect just as "plattdeutsch" which ist mostly spoken in the north and the south of germany.
LeBlackMetalGirl 2 months ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl
You are correct about Bavarian, and Yiddish is also a dialect with similar roots (i.e. High German). But Yiddish is very old and now contains some slavic elements. Plus, Yiddish also contains some Aramaic and Hebrew words, and as with English and German, it also contains some Latin based words.
Plattdeutch is low German more similar to Dutch (IMO).
Lagolop 2 months ago
@Lagolop well there are different kinds of Plattdeutsch spoken in Germany.... and you´re right that Plattdeutsch ( just the northern spoken dialect ) is similar to Dutch, but not the south version of plattdeutsch.
LeBlackMetalGirl 2 months ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl
It always amazes me just how many languages and dialect of languages are spoken in Europe even though the ppl are so close together.
Very different from here in Canada where we have 2 languages; English and French (which is mostly in Quebec). Where I live English is about all you will hear except from immigrants :(
I love the sound of Yiddish and it is a language full of humour too.
Lagolop 2 months ago
@Lagolop this yiddish sounds similar to my mothers tongue.... see im from the south of germany, lived there ever since, and my dialect which is spoken in Rhineland Palatinate is really rare.... then , as u said, there´s Bavarian. Other dialects are Saxon, Plattdeutsch spoken in the north e.g Hamburg, oh even i dont know every dialects spoken in my country.
LeBlackMetalGirl 2 months ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl
That makes sense. I got a comment from aprons that lives in the same region as you (6 KM from the Alsace border. He said that he can understand Yiddish as it is similar to his dialect. Here is a vid from a band from his region. They are a celtic punk group.
watch?v=LbJoWOMh5rY
So this dialect may be similar too.
Lagolop 2 months ago
@Lagolop what city does he live? maybe i know that place.
LeBlackMetalGirl 2 months ago
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@LeBlackMetalGirl
It as a long time ago so I can't remember the town. If I do recall it, I will let you know.
Lagolop 2 months ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl
Here are 2 ppl speaking Yiddish to each other but you can clearly hear two different accents of the same language.
watch?v=PIwohkKUl0E
Lagolop 2 months ago
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Lagolop 2 months ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl - You could probably understand Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch! It has roots in Palatinate German. I only live about 40 km (25 miles) from the heart of Amish country near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (I'm only 15 km/9 miles from the Hershey chocolate factory)
OldsVistaCruiser 2 months ago
@OldsVistaCruiser i would speak it out like this : Pennsilwaanisches Deitsch. sounds really similar to what u wrote. =)
LeBlackMetalGirl 2 months ago
@OldsVistaCruiser "Hamisch" people.Is old Dutch.In Yiddish we say Haymisch.(Good folks).Yiddish depends mainly if you are a religious Jew or "less" religious Jew.For a secular most of the words are Germanic with some Slavic.Religious Jews use Hebrew words roughly 40% of a sentence,the rest Germanic.
RasMajnouni 4 weeks ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl yiddish has mainly Hebrew and German, but also Polish,Czechoslovakian, Russian in it as well....
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grandpoobahful 1 month ago
@grandpoobahful Oh I didn´t know that. Thanks =)
LeBlackMetalGirl 1 month ago
@LeBlackMetalGirl
Speaking of "Metal", here is a metal version of an old Yiddish tune (of course sung in Yiddish)
watch?v=jiXxq5OhRzU
Lagolop 2 months ago
Yiddish was at one time the international language of Ashkenazic Jews. Eastern Europe and their descendants). A hybrid of Hebrew and medieval German, Yiddish takes about three-quarters of its vocabulary from German, but borrows words liberally from Hebrew and many other languages from the many lands where Ashkenazic Jews have lived. It has a grammatical structure all its own, and is written in an alphabet based on Hebrew characters. Scholars classify Yiddish as a Germanic language ,Yidishkeyt
normx9 5 months ago
That would be "Auf Wiedersehen"... "Untill we see again" or rather, "See you!"
Alecksnl 6 months ago
Gotta tell ya, a lot of my people felt that the slaves really got the short end. At least we got to stay in our own country, more or less. So the Chief was right in his sentiment. Woof!
Optimalillusion 6 months ago
I may be talking out of my ass here....but i think they are speaking German...
boiledhooker 6 months ago
@boiledhooker= I think it's Yddish. A combination of German and Hebrew. Commonly spoken in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
vigo894 6 months ago
mel brooks is a genius
ThePistons4life 7 months ago
"Dey darker than us!!!"
Ironhandjohn 7 months ago
דס איז גוט -א בי גזונט
yifaatb 10 months ago
Jewndeans!
KinDzaDza123123 11 months ago
@KinDzaDza123123 Дада Киндзадза very funny ! :D
moshmoon 10 months ago
I think you got it: "Black people!" "No, don't be stupid." "Let 'em go" "Cop a walk. Take off. You should be healthy." "Have you seen anything like that? They darker than us! Woof!"
jfulbright 11 months ago
This never gets old.
LittleLunarLullaby 1 year ago
Loz'em gehen: let'em go
yutubiobio 1 year ago
@yutubiobio I'm assuming you can speak german as well. When we're hearing gehen, it's actually "lozem geyn". But, same thing, let 'em go. It's been on TMC HD a lot at night lately and I find myself falling asleep watching it. I literally JUST watched the scene with the native americans and I realized if you just speak german and english, my primary lang. being english...I could have sworn at first that they were speaking German. And I still had my doubts until did some searching lol.
sjpgoalie 7 months ago
@ChristewieTV - I bet 80% of the people watching miss 80% of Mel Brook's humor.
;-)
Spartakus1958 1 year ago
I can bet 80% of the people watching this don't get the joke behind the yiddish speaking native americans
ChristewieTV 1 year ago
@ChristewieTV Hahah that would be a great shame, I did get it That's why it seemed strange to me that it sounded like they said " Auf wiedersehen" in German. Love the Yiddish speaking Indians/Native Americans,that's just genious!
moshmoon 10 months ago
Hmm is it just me or did they say Auf wiedersehen? (German):P
moshmoon 1 year ago
@moshmoon
no, they are apache. a native american indian tribe.
k77jones 1 year ago
@moshmoon
It was a bie gezundt.
Yiddish is basically Medieval High German with some Hebrew and Slavic borrow words. If you speak Swiss, Austrian or Bavarian dialect, they are close to Yiddish. Hard to spell this stuff in English (and I only know bits and pieces). I think it is the same as zay gezundt or gezunterheyt. It all mean essentially "be healthy". Apparently the Ashkenazi Jews never would say a normal goodbye (superstitious). I wish I could speak Yiddish; it's full of funny expressions.
Lagolop 10 months ago
@Lagolop Thank you for your nice and interesting reply :) Yes I'd love to speak Yiddish as well! I just know a couple of words maybe one or two phrases We used to have a Berry (Barry?) sisters cassette when I was small :P :)
moshmoon 10 months ago
@Lagolop I always thought that Yiddish had Hebrew words and the Slavic also sounds logical I have the feeling that it is also the other way around. In Russian it seems Yiddish words are being used. Love it.
moshmoon 10 months ago
@moshmoon
Yiddish is mainly German. But there are various dialects so Slavic speakers will sound different that say a Swiss or Austrian or Dutch Jew. Maybe more Slavic terms would be used in Russia, Poland etc.
Yiddish was/is traditionally written with the Hebrew alphabet which is why there are so many spellings for the words.
Here is a Yiddish folk song.
/watch?v=RW46yrhXJBI
I have loads of Yiddish of music. I can send links if you like me to. PM me.
Ya, Yiddish is full of humour.
Lagolop 10 months ago
@Lagolop Thank you, what does "PM me" mean?
moshmoon 10 months ago
@moshmoon
LOL, sorry, it means send me a "private message" but this is fine too. If you want any other music links let me know, I'll send them to you.
Lagolop 10 months ago
@Lagolop Yiddish is a manufactured language used as most such languages by those who travel a lot or connect with a variety of people for trade reasons; its made from easy to recognize words from a vast number of different trade-associated countries to make it easy to learn and to enable everybody to more or less understand each other. Other such manufactured languages are Swahili, Creole,Pigin, and, probably the most successful of the bunch...English!
diddymuck 4 months ago
@diddymuck
Yiddish is 1 of THE oldest Germanic tongues on this planet, based on Medieval High German. It's no more "manufactured" than ANY language.
BTW Dutch, English and Yiddish are all in the exact same linguistic family = West Germanic.
Yiddish was a common lingua franca for Ashkenazi Jews throughout Europe BUT it was not developed for that purpose. It was the "mother tongue" used for day to day conversation. There are several regional dialects of Yiddish. Hebrew was reserved for prayer.
Lagolop 4 months ago
Whahahaha Love it!!
moshmoon 1 year ago
Funniest scene in the entire movie.
Adii30 1 year ago
"a wie gesund"??? maybe "a bi gezint".
MegaHebrew 1 year ago
@MegaHebrew Don't correct others when you are wrong yourself.
A bei gesund.
aal49 1 year ago
@aal49 a bi gezint
MegaHebrew 1 year ago
he said "Schwartze!" (blacks!), then he said "na, na, seit nicht meshugge" (no, no don't be crazy), then "Los' im gehen" (let 'em go!), then, "hast du gesehen in deine Leben?" (have you seen [anything like that[ in your life?) and finally "a wie Gesund!" (take care [literally 'stay healthy']. I'm irish american from nyc and some of my uncles spoke Yiddish cos they grew up in the Bronx. I used the german spelling cos I dont know the hebrew alphabet way to write Yiddish :)
zorak2011 1 year ago 58
@zorak2011 i think he said to him, they darker than us
drumatic86 1 year ago
@zorak2011 Thank you for this, for years now, I have been wondering what he said. Sure I got the basic understanding, well except for "Los' im gehen'. How fitting for Mel to say this.
otef434 1 year ago
@zorak2011 schwartze means nigger....
kemetkush 7 months ago
@kemetkush
Think it means "black" as in as in schwartzekopf.
supersesqui 7 months ago 2
@supersesqui schwartze means niggers...i know many racists jews...
kemetkush 6 months ago
@kemetkush
der schwarze Koffer (the black suitcase)
der Nigger (-) nigger, coon
der Neger (-) black (African) person, negro eine Negerin a black person, a negress (female) ein Neger a black person, a negro (male)
Shall I go on , Schmierfink ?
supersesqui 6 months ago
@supersesqui jews have grown rich by stealing the hard earned money of the poor laboring class of the schwartzes/niggers ......it is reported that the jews have a system all over the city to 'skin' the schwartzes/niggers....rabbi abraham bass.
kemetkush 6 months ago
@kemetkush Of course, and Elvis is still alive and the Loch Ness Monster is real...
Aviii 6 months ago
@Aviii is elvis still alive???? you zionists are funny...
kemetkush 6 months ago
@kemetkush Bwahahaha. You sent me a video by David Duke? The KKK holocaust denier nutcase? Please, spare what little credibility you have.
Aviii 6 months ago
@Aviii one of the obstacles which helps to lower the standard of living of the schwartzes/niggers is the jewish retail merchant..... the jews, and the jewish retail merchant, regard the schwartzes/niggers as a second or a third class being......rabbis samuel rosenberg.
kemetkush 6 months ago
@Aviii Is the Loch Ness monster any less real than God (any of your gods(. Guess it all depends what u believe.
BTW the more scotch whisky consumed increases your chance os seeing Nessie.
BigjockGnu 6 months ago
@BigjockGnu I don't believe in any gods or anything supernatural.
Aviii 6 months ago
@Aviii I guess you dont believe in poor wee Nessie then. Even for non-believers Loch Ness is well worth a visit and a bottle of Scotlands finest may alter your beliefs.
BigjockGnu 6 months ago
@BigjockGnu I doubt it, though I'd enjoy a few glasses of Scotland's finest either way :D.
Aviii 6 months ago
@zorak2011 schwartze means niggers....i know many racists jews....
kemetkush 6 months ago
@zorak2011 schwartze means niggers....i know many racists jews....
kemetkush 6 months ago
@zorak2011 a wie Gesund actually means good bye. I'm Austrian and German... So ja.
Masterlink981 6 months ago
oy vey dolling i love it!!!
Andy18Ww 2 years ago
If you only knew what Mel Brooks said, it would be a "shonda".
12jm71 2 years ago
He said' "have you ever seen anything like this" or something close.
sgp358 2 years ago
Oy! And I thought the Mormons were just being mehugga when they said that we Injuns were really Hebrews!
Charliecomet82 2 years ago
I think they found one of the Ten Lost Tribes..
BenAliGtor 2 years ago
And what kind of Indians are these?
Schmohawks!
RGKLEIN21 2 years ago 42
HAHAHHAHA!
BlueMoonz55 2 years ago
Aw, geeze, I thought that they were from the SoSiouxMe Nation!
mjarail 2 years ago
@RGKLEIN21
THAT'S funny!
veritasvg 1 year ago
@RGKLEIN21 hehe schmohawks
Conspiracyknowledge 7 months ago
@RGKLEIN21 schwartze means niggers....hey black-people, they are now called you niggers in yiddish???? hahahaha.
kemetkush 6 months ago
@kemetkush it means "black" as in shwartzenegger---"blacksmith"---ask arnold.......yiddish is 60% German, with polish,check, and a bit of russian thrown in.....schwartzes = "Blacks" nice try asshole....
grandpoobahful 5 months ago
@grandpoobahful schwartzes=niggers...asshole.
kemetkush 5 months ago
@kemetkush Schwarz means black in German, just as weiss means white, rot means red, and orange means . . . orange.
It's just the word for that colour.
macdaddylorenzo 4 months ago
@macdaddylorenzo schwartze means niggers in yiddish.
kemetkush 4 months ago
@kemetkush
really? I wouldn't know, I don't speak Yiddish . . . but if that's what "schwartze" means, then how would say "black" in Yiddish? wouldn't that also be "schwartze"?
so maybe the meaning of schwartze is subjective . . . depends on the context . . . ?
macdaddylorenzo 4 months ago
@kemetkush means "black people" in yid...these days some black people take offense to being called that, like they do being called Negros now.
diddymuck 4 months ago
@diddymuck kemetkush do not means black-people in yiddish...dumbass....hahahaha.
kemetkush 4 months ago
@kemetkush don't get your point. Kemet means black land and is an ancient name for Egypt; Kush is famous historical African city-state in the Sudan.
diddymuck 4 months ago
@diddymuck i know what kemetkush means....dumbass....but it does not means it and yiddish.
kemetkush 4 months ago
@kemetkush how old are you?
diddymuck 4 months ago
@diddymuck how old are you????
kemetkush 4 months ago