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Jewishness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: JH UW1 IH0 SH N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

The property of being Jewish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jewhood, Jewship

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Jewish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Jewishness From Jewish + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: ইহুদিয়ানা (ihudiẏana) — Translations
  • Czech: židovství — Translations
  • Esperanto: judeco — Translations
  • Finnish: juutalaisuus — Translations
  • French: judéité — Translations
  • French: judaïté — Translations
  • German: Judentum — Translations
  • German: Judesein — Translations
  • German: Jüdischkeit — Translations
  • Greek: εβραϊκότητα (evraïkótita) — Translations
  • Greek: εβραϊσμός (evraïsmós) — Translations
  • Hebrew: יְהוּדִיּוּת (yehudiyút) — Translations
  • Ido: Judeso — Translations
  • Indonesian: keyahudian — Translations
  • Italian: ebraicità — Translations
  • Japanese: ユダヤ性 (yudayasei) — Translations
  • Lithuanian: žydiškùmas — Translations
  • Polish: żydowskość — Translations
  • Polish: żydostwo — Translations
  • Russian: евре́йскость (jevréjskostʹ) — Translations
  • Russian: евре́йство (jevréjstvo) — Translations
  • Spanish: judeidad — Translations
  • Turkish: Yahudilik — Translations
  • Yiddish: ייִדישקייט (yidishkeyt) — Translations