אוקראַיִנער
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From אוקראַיִנע (ukraine) + ־ער (-er).
Noun[edit]
אוקראַיִנער • (ukrainer) m, plural אוקראַיִנער (ukrainer), feminine אוקראַיִנערקע (ukrainerke)
- Ukrainian (non-Jewish person from Ukraine)
Usage notes[edit]
Yiddish rigorously distinguishes between Jews and non-Jews in national terminology. A Ukrainian Jew is not an ukrainer, but rather an אוקראַיִנישער (ukrainisher).
Related terms[edit]
- אוקראַיִניש (ukrainish)