Used in a Sentence

jewish

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jewish.

Editorial note

In the Netherlands, they basically knew who were jewish, and if the data had not been destroyed, 100% of the jewish people have had died because of it.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Following the religion of Judaism.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of jewish gathered in one view.

adjective

Following the religion of Judaism.

adjective

Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.

adjective

Yiddish.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jewish.

adjective

Following the religion of Judaism.

adjective

Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.

adjective

Yiddish.

noun

(non-native speakers' English, proscribed) A Jew.

Example sentences

1

In the Netherlands, they basically knew who were jewish, and if the data had not been destroyed, 100% of the jewish people have had died because of it.

2

There is a sub for interetation of Jewish religious law, and you wouldn't post a programming question there.

3

And only Jewish humans are prohibited from turning on the fire, machines (timers, etc) are allowed to.

4

You have jewish organisations literal stating that any criticism against the state of Israel is automatically antisemitic of nature.

5

Without the data, some people had the chance to escape or hide their true identify (there are plenty of jewish who could convince law officers that they were in fact not jewish).

6

There were people of Jewish descent that served in Wehrmacht, including in pretty high positions[1].

7

The statement about Irish, Italian, and Jewish Americans fails to capture what really happened in the post-WW2 decades to integrate those minorities.

8

Of course, they found jews people in all the invaded countries and Germany, but they had a harder time finding jewish people.

9

It's unfortunate that most of their Jewish customers were killed by the Nazis.

10

The only antisemitism in Europe is that which is cried out loud by Israelis and Jewish lobbies every time Israel's actions are criticized.

11

We see similar dehumanising language in other genocidal actions: it's present in Nazi Germany when they describe Jewish people as subhuman - the same word has been used against people with LD.

12

An epic butthurt is guaranteed from an Odessan Jewish peculiar humour.

Quote examples

1

Also there's the case of Werner Goldberg[2], a son of Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, who was lauded by Nazi press as the "Ideal German Soldier".

2

What is the connection between "First they came for..." and anything Jewish?

3

I'm pretty sure that where it says "and jeering Jewish onlookers as in the Quentin Matsys Ecce Homo now in Madrid or the nasty hags at the Circumcision in a French manuscript of circa 1400.

4

The service also protected from some of the anti-Jewish abuse initially, and some people of Jewish descent both felt much more connection to German service (even after Nazis took over it) than their Jewish roots, and were too useful, so Goering was noted to say "I am deciding who is Jewish and who is not".

Proper noun examples

1

The author clearly knows more about the Christian practice than the Hebrew (Jewish) one.

2

I'm Jewish, but I think banning Nazi symbols at this point in time is counterproductive and unnecessary.

3

Jewish folks and South Asian folks overcame discrimination from Americans by killing them?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use jewish in a sentence?

In the Netherlands, they basically knew who were jewish, and if the data had not been destroyed, 100% of the jewish people have had died because of it.

What does jewish mean?

Following the religion of Judaism.

What part of speech is jewish?

jewish is commonly used as adjective, noun.