Jew

jew English thumb|A Jew studying the Torah. Alternative forms en Joo usually derogatory Etymology From en enm Jew, enm Giu, enm Giw, enm Ju, from en fro juiu, fro Giu, fro gyu, from en la iūdaeus Judean (i.e. Jew), from en grc Ἰουδαῖος, from grc Ἰουδά, grc Ἰούδας Judah, Judas, Jude + grc -ιος suffix forming adjectives, from en hbo יְהוּדָה y'hudá male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea. en Yid. The ending en -ew underwent a similar evolution to that seen in en Hebrew (ultimately from la Hebraeus) and en Bartholomew (from la Bartholomaeus), albeit with loss of the en -ud-. Displaced ang Iūdēisċ. Pronunciation jo͞o, en /d͡ʒuː/ en En-us-Jew.oga US en uː 1 en dew due<aa:yod-coalescence> Noun s es<l:archaic> An adherent of Judaism. en Judaist en gentile goy en Abrahamist Judeo-Christian monotheist en halakhist Orthodox Jew rabbi en Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork. A member or descendant of the Jewish people. en Thesaurus:Jew en gentile goy en Hebrew Israelite en Ashkenazi Jewess Mizrahi Romaniote Sephardi en Many Jews eat bagels. III I Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organsdimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed withthe same food, hurt with the same weapons, subjectto the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summeras a Christian is? en 1888 1928 w:Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince and Other Tales London Duckworth The Happy Prince 23 He passed over the Ghetto, and saw the old Jews bargaining with each other, and weighing out money in copper scales. The wrongs of a Jew are not lightly forgotten, for the race can both love and hate. en 1996-03-01 The Australian Jewish News Melbourne 33 1 A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people. en 1998 Donald Daniel Leslie Chinese Native Sources Jews and Judaism in Traditional China: A Comprehensive Bibliography Monumenta Serica Monograph Series https://archive.org/details/jewsjudaismintra0000lesl/ XLIV Nettetal, Germany Steyler Verlag 3-8050-0418-4 0179-261X 883554407 42 https://archive.org/details/jewsjudaismintra0000lesl/page/42/ The local gazetteers of Xiangfu district, Kaifeng prefecture, and Henan province⁵ mention a surprisingly large number of Kaifeng Jews and their successes in Chinese society with dates. en Harmeet Kaur What does it mean to be Jewish in the US? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/us/us-jewish-racial-identity-religion-explained-cec/index.html 2023-04-04 There are Jews who consider themselves White and Jews who are people of color. https://web.archive.org/web/20260311114303/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/us/us-jewish-racial-identity-religion-explained-cec/index.html 11 March 2026 en Reuters Centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus’s true origins revealed in study w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/world/columbus-origins-western-europe-study-intl/index.html 2024-10-13 The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. https://web.archive.org/web/20251123230645/https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/world/columbus-origins-western-europe-study-intl/index.html 23 November 2025 en pejorative A miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate. en 2010 Matthew S. Hiley Hubris Falls 111 “Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?” en naval slang A ship's tailor. Usage notes The Jewish community is often defined as having a common religion, culture, identity, and ethnicity, but individual Jews do not necessarily share all of these; therefore, a person might be a Jew by one standpoint but not by another. Additionally, there are some religious groups that identify themselves as part of Judaism, but that other Jewish groups might not; hence, use of the term en Jew often depends on the speaker's opinions. See Who is a Jew?. The noun en Jew is not colloquially taken to be a slur, and the overwhelming majority of English-speaking Jews use the noun en Jew to identify themselves. That said, it has become offensive for historical reasons to use the word en Jew attributively or adjectivally; the adjective en Jewish is preferred for this purpose. Coordinate terms Derived terms en Conservative Jew crypto-Jew edjewcation<qq:derogatory> electric Jew<qq:derogatory> Exchequer of the Jews Hinjew Jewbag<qq:offensive> Jew bail Jewboy<qq:offensive> jewbush Jew City Jew crew Jewdaism Jewdar Jewdicial Jewdom jew down<qq:derogatory> Jewess Jewface<qq:derogatory> Jew-free Jewfro Jewfucker<qq:offensive> Jewgirl<qq:offensive> Jewgle Jew-hate Jew-hatred,Jewhatred Jewhood Jewie Jewification Jewify Jewish Jew-ish Jewism Jewitch Jewitchery jew,Jew<pos:verb><qq:offensive> Jewkike<qq:offensive> Jewkraine<qq:derogatory> Jewland Jewlani<qq:derogatory> Jewlensky<qq:derogatory> Jewless Jewlike Jewling<qq:offensive> Jew lizard Jew-Lord jewlover<qq:derogatory> Jewlywood<qq:offensive> Jewman Jewmania Jewmaxx Jewmerica<qq:derogatory> Jewmerican<qq:derogatory> Jewnited Snakes<qq:derogatory> Jewnited States<qq:derogatory> Jewniverse Jewniversity Jewocracy Jewphile Jewphobia Jewrag Jewrusalem<qq:derogatory> Jewry JewSA<qq:derogatory> Jew's ear Jew's frankincense Jew's harp Jew's harpist Jewship Jew's house Jews Lagoon Jew's lime Jew's mallow Jew's myrtle Jewspeak<qq:derogatory> Jew's pitch Jewsplain Jewsploitation Jewsrael<qq:derogatory> Jew's slime jewstone Jew's-trump Jewtard<qq:derogatory> Jew-Tongo Jewtopia Jewtube<qq:derogatory> Jew World Order<qq:offensive> Jewy,Jewey Jew York Jew York Shitty<qq:offensive> Jew York Times<qq:offensive> Jewz<qq:derogatory> keen as a Jew<qq:now offensive> Mountain Jew non-Jew October 8 Jew,October 8th Jew Oriental Jew Paradesi Jew Red Jews Reform Jew refujew self-hating Jew self-loathing Jew Soviet Jewnion wandering Jew,Wandering Jew worth a Jew's eye ZioJew<qq:offensive> Descendants srn Dyu Translations person of the Jewish faith Aghwan: xag 𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙 Albanian: sq çifut m Amharic: am አይሁዳዊ m Arabic: ar يَهُودِيّ m, ar يَهُودِيَّة f Aramaic: Hebrew script: arc יְהוּדִי m, arc יְהוּדִיָּה f, arc יְהוּדִית f Armenian: hy հրեա Asturian: ast xudíu m, ast xudía f Azerbaijani: az yəhudi Bashkir: ba йәһүд Belarusian: be яўрэ́й m, be яўрэ́йка f, be габрэ́й m, be габрэ́йка f Taraškievica, be іўдзе́й m, be іўдзе́йка f, be юдэ́й m, be юдэ́йка f Taraškievica, be жыд m, be жыдо́ўка f now abusive Bengali: bn ইহুদি Breton: br Yuzev m Bulgarian: bg евре́ин m, bg евре́йка f Burmese: my ဂျူး Catalan: ca jueu m, ca jueva f Chechen: ce жуьгти Cherokee: chr ᎠᏧᏏ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 猶太人 jau4 taai3 jan4 Hakka: hak 猶太人 Yù-thai-ngìn Hokkien: nan-hbl 猶太人 Iú-thài-lâng Mandarin: cmn 猶太人 yóutàirén Circassian: West Circassian: ady джурт Coeur d'Alene: crd leeswip Cornish: kw Yedhow m, kw 'Edhow m, kw Yedhowes f, kw 'Edhowes f Czech: cs Žid m, cs Židovka f Danish: da jøde c, da jødinde c Dutch: nl jood m, nl jodin f Esperanto: eo judo, eo hebreo, eo judismano Estonian: et juut Ewe: ee Yudatɔ Faroese: fo jødi m, fo gýðingur m Finnish: fi juutalainen French: fr juif m, fr juive f, fr Juif m, fr Juive f Frisian: West Frisian: fy joad m, fy joadinne f Galician: gl xudeu m Georgian: ka ებრაელი German: de Jude m, de Jüdin f Gothic: got 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 m Greek: el Εβραίος m, el Εβραία f, el Ισραηλίτης m, el Ισραηλίτισσα f, el Ιουδαίος m Ancient Greek: grc Ῐ̓ουδαῖος m Haitian Creole: ht jwif Hebrew: he יְהוּדִי m yehudí, he יְהוּדִית f yehudít, he יְהוּדִים m-p yehudím, he יהודיות f-p yehudiyót Hindi: hi यहूदी m, hi यहूदिनी f Hungarian: hu zsidó Icelandic: is gyðingur m Ido: io Judo Indonesian: id Yahudi Ingrian: izh juuti, izh juutalain, izh jevree, izh žiidalain Italian: it giudeo m, it giudea f, it ebreo m, it ebrea f Japanese: ja ユダヤ人 yudayajin, ja 猶太人 yudayajin Judeo-Tat: jdt жугьур Kabyle: kab uday m, kab tudayt f Kannada: kn ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯ Kapampangan: pam Udyu m Kari'na: car Simosu Kazakh: kk яһуди Khmer: km ជ្វីស, km ជ្វីហ្វ Korean: ko 유대인, ko 유태인(猶太人) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb جوو, ckb جوولەکە Northern Kurdish: kmr cihû Kyrgyz: ky жөөт, ky еврей Ladino: lad djudío m, lad djudía f Lao: lo ຢິວ, lo ຄົນຢິວ Latin: la iudaeus m Latvian: lv jūds m, lv ebrejs m, lv ebrejiete f Lithuanian: lt judėjas m, lt žydas m, lt žydė f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Juud m, nds-de Judin f, nds-de Juudsch f, nds-de Juudsche f Luxembourgish: lb Judd m Malay: ms Yahudi Malayalam: ml ജൂതൻ Maltese: mt Lhudi m Middle English: enm Jew Norwegian: Bokmål: nb jøde m, nb jødinne m f Nynorsk: nn jøde m, nn jødinne f Occitan: oc josieu Ojibwe: oj zhoodaa an, oj zhoodaawinini an (Jewish man) Old East Slavic: orv жидъ m, orv жидинъ m, orv жидовинъ m Old English: ang Iūdēisċ Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt judeu Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Жид m, rsk Жидовка f, rsk Єврей m, rsk Єврейка f Pashto: ps يهودي m yahudí, ps يهود m yahúd Persian: Dari: prs یَهُودِی, prs جُهُود Iranian Persian: fa-ira یَهودی, fa-ira جُهود Plautdietsch: pdt Jud m Polish: pl żyd m, pl żydówka f Portuguese: pt judeu m, pt judia f Punjabi: pa ਯਹੂਦੀ Western Punjabi: pnb یہودی Romagnol: rgn abràj m, rgn ebrèj m Romanian: ro evreu m, ro evreică f, ro jidan m, ro jidancă f Russian: ru иуде́й m, ru иуде́йка f, ru евре́й m, ru евре́йка f Sami: Northern Sami: se juvddálaš Scottish Gaelic: gd Iùdhach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јеврејин m, sh Јевреј m, sh Јеврејка f, sh Жид m, sh Жидов m, sh Жидкиња f, sh Жидовка f Latin: sh Jevrejin m, sh Jevrej m, sh Jevrejka f, sh Žid m, sh Židov m, sh Židkinja f, sh Židovka f Slovak: sk Žid m, sk Židovka f Slovene: sl Jud m, sl Judinja f, sl Žid m, sl Židinja f Spanish: es judío m, es judía f Sranan Tongo: srn Dyu Swahili: sw Myahudi Swedish: sv jude c, sv judinna c Tamil: ta யூதர் Tashelhit: shi uday m Tatar: tt яһүд Telugu: te యూదు Thai: th ยิว, th คนยิว kon yiu, th ชาวยิว chaao yiu Turkish: tr Yahudi, tr Musevi Turkmen: tk musaýy, tk ýewreý, tk ýehudy Ukrainian: uk іуде́й m, uk іуде́йка f, uk юде́й m, uk юде́йка f, uk євре́й m, uk євре́йка f Urdu: ur یَہُودی m, ur یَہُودْنی f, ur یَہُودِنی f Uyghur: ug يەھۇدى Uzbek: uz yahudiy Vietnamese: vi Do thái người Do thái Volapük: vo yudan Welsh: cy Iddew m, cy Iddewes f Yiddish: yi ייִד m member or descendant of the Jewish people Afrikaans: af Jood Akkadian: akk Yaudāya 𒆳𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 m Albanian: sq çifut m Amharic: am አይሁዳዊ m Arabic: ar يَهُودِيّ m, ar يَهُودِيَّة f Armenian: hy հրեա Middle Armenian: axm ջհուտ Azerbaijani: az yəhudi Bashkir: ba йәһүд Belarusian: be яўрэ́й m, be яўрэ́йка f, be габрэ́й m, be габрэ́йка f Taraškievica, be жыд m, be жыдо́ўка f now abusive Bengali: bn ইহুদি Bulgarian: bg евре́ин m, bg евре́йка f Burmese: my ဂျူး Catalan: ca jueu m, ca jueva f Chechen: ce жуьгти Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 猶太人 yóutàirén Cornish: kw Yedhow m, kw 'Edhow m, kw Yedhowes f, kw 'Edhowes f Czech: cs Žid m, cs Židovka f Danish: da jøde, da jødinde c Dutch: nl Jood m, nl Jodin f Esperanto: eo judo, eo hebreo Estonian: et juut Ewe: ee Yudatɔ Finnish: fi juutalainen French: fr Juif m, fr Juive f Georgian: ka ებრაელი German: de Jude m, de Jüdin f Greek: el Εβραίος m, el Εβραία f, el Ισραηλίτης m, el Ισραηλίτισσα f Ancient Greek: grc Ῐ̓ουδαῖος m Hebrew: he יְהוּדִי m yehudí, he יְהוּדִית f yehudít, he יְהוּדִים m-p yehudím, he יהודיות f-p yehudiyót Hindi: hi यहूदी m, hi यहूदिनी f Hungarian: hu zsidó Icelandic: is gyðingur m Indonesian: id Yahudi Ingrian: izh juuti, izh juutalain, izh jevree, izh žiidalain Irish: ga Giúdach m Japanese: ja ユダヤ人 yudaya-jin Judeo-Tat: jdt жугьур Kabyle: kab uday m, kab tudayt f Kapampangan: pam Udyu m, pam Yudea m Kari'na: car Simosu Kazakh: kk яһуди Khmer: km ជនជាតិជ្វីហ្វ jɔɔn jiet jviiw, km ជ្វីស, km ជ្វីហ្វ Korean: ko 유대인, ko 유태인(猶太人) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb جولەکە Kyrgyz: ky еврей, ky жөөт, ky жуу Ladino: lad djudío Lao: lo ຢິວ, lo ຄົນຢິວ Latvian: lv ebrejs m, lv ebrejiete f, lv žīds m, lv žīdene f Lithuanian: lt žydas m, lt žydė f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Juud m, nds-de Judin f, nds-de Juudsch f, nds-de Juudsche f Macedonian: mk Евреј m, mk Евре́јка f Malay: ms Yahudi Maltese: mt Lhudi m Manchu: mnc ᡳᠣᡩᡝᠶᠠ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ Middle English: enm Jeu Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn еврей хүн, mn еврей, mn жүүд Nogai: nog жуьйт Norwegian: Bokmål: nb jøde m, nb jødinne m f Nynorsk: nn jøde m, nn jødinne f Ojibwe: oj zhoodaa an, oj zhoodaawinini an (Jewish man) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu жидовинъ m, cu жидъ m, cu июдѣи m Old East Slavic: orv жидъ m, orv жидинъ m, orv жидовинъ m Old English: ang Iūdēisċ Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Жид m, rsk Жидовка f, rsk Єврей m, rsk Єврейка f Pashto: ps يهودي m yahudí Persian: Dari: prs یَهُودِی, prs جُهُود Iranian Persian: fa-ira یَهودی, fa-ira جُهود Polish: pl Żyd m, pl Żydówka f Portuguese: pt judeu m, pt hebreu m Romanian: ro evreu m, ro evreică f, ro jidan m, ro jidancă f offensive Russian: ru евре́й m, ru евре́йка f, ru жид m, ru жидо́вка f now abusive Scottish Gaelic: gd Iùdhach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јеврејин m, sh Јевреј m, sh Јеврејка f, sh Жид m, sh Жидов m, sh Жидкиња f, sh Жидовка f Latin: sh Jevrejin m, sh Jevrej m, sh Jevrejka f, sh Žid m, sh Židov m, sh Židkinja f, sh Židovka f Slovak: sk Žid m, sk Židovka f Slovene: sl Jud m, sl Judinja f, sl Žid m, sl Židinja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Žyd m Spanish: es judío m, es judía, es judíos m-p, es judías f-p Sranan Tongo: srn Dyu Swahili: sw wayahudi Swedish: sv jude, sv judinna c Tagalog: tl Hudyo Tajik: tg яҳудӣ, tg яҳудизан woman Tatar: tt яһүд Thai: th ยิว, th คนยิว kon yiu, th ชาวยิว chaao yiu Tumbuka: tum muYuda 1 Turkish: tr Yahudi, tr Çıfıt Turkmen: tk ýewreý, tk musaýy, tk ýehudy Ukrainian: uk євре́й m, uk євре́йка f, uk жид m, uk жидо́вка f now abusive Urdu: ur یَہُودی m, ur یَہُودْنی f, ur یَہُودِنی f Uyghur: ug يەھۇدى Uzbek: uz yahudiy Vietnamese: vi người Do thái Volapük: vo yudan Welsh: cy Iddew m, cy Iddewes f, cy gwŷr Efrai p literary, archaic Yiddish: yi ייִד m Proper noun s en. Adjective en slang offensive derogatory Jewish. en 1888 Telemachus Thomas Timayenis The American Jew: An Exposé of His Career Minerva Publishing Company 23 Whenever a Jew nose casts its sinister shadow over the register, the hotel-keeper suddenly discovers that his hostelry is full to overflowing, and profoundly, but firmly, regrets his inability to receive any more guests. en 2002 T. A. Baran Galyat iUniverse 9780595255948 121 "Started that Jew country on top of everything else, and then all hell broke loose ever since." Usage notes It has become offensive for historical reasons to use the word en Jew attributively or adjectivally; the adjective en Jewish is preferred for this purpose. Derived terms en Jew nose offensive en Jew plum offensive Verb en chiefly offensive transitive To make (more) Jewish. 1991, E. Sicher, The Jewing of Skylock: Wesker's "The Merchant" (MLS 21 (1991), 57–69) en 2010-08-31 William N. West Renaissance Drama 38 Northwestern University Press 9780810126985 111 Portia's “Jewing” of Shylock has long been noticed by many critics. For an early example see, for example, the anonymous essay “shylock the Jew-ed,” Temple Bar 45 (1875): 65–70. 45. These words have potentially “commercial” etymologies, en 15 Mar 2014 rebcar...@gmail.com Jewing of South Africa soc.culture.israel https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.israel/c/vP7CyEKsOeU/m/gseNKHqXk_wJ In both cases, the Jews used Blacks as politicalweapons to wreck healthy White countries. en 2014-08-19 Noach Dzmura Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community North Atlantic Books 9781583949719 48 Queering the Jew and Jewing the Queer [by] Ri J. Turner. Editor's Note: Interlaced with personal narrative, Ri Turner's essay contributes to an ongoing discussion within Jewish gender studies concerning the relationship between Jewishness and queerness and factors the term genderqueer into both sides of the equation. en ambitransitive offensive To haggle or swindle in order to obtain a better deal (from someone). en 1864 Henry Mayhew London Labour and the London Poor They stops you on the sly in the streets, and tells you to call at their house at sitch a hour of the day, and when you goes there they smuggles you quietly into some room by yourselves, and then sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can, prizing up their own things, and downcrying yourn. en 1995 w:Michael Jackson w:They Don't Care About Us w:HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 1:11 Epic Records New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_OPJ2d86kE&t=71s Jew me, sue me, everybody do me / Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me. en 2009-08-01 Scott Gann For a Minute, I Lost Myself: The Past and Present of a Schizophrenic Lulu.com 9780578023007 455 I just feel like you are Jewing me out of my money. I never asked you to give me anything the entire time that you were not working. Your mom told me that you got a lot of money from the insurance that Warren gave you. en 2013-12-13 Frank Meeink; Jody Roy Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.D. Hawthorne Books 9780979018893 Then that bastard Keith showed up and did something even worse than Jewing me out of my pay: he blew the living freaking crap out of the one and only stereotype I still had to hold on to. He thanked me for my hard work, en 2020-03-31 Julius Bailey Racism, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith: A Moral Challenge to the America I Love Broadview Press 9781460406939 In the neighborhood I grew up in, it was common for haggling over price to include the admonition “stop Jewing me!” Even as children, we would say this. It goes without saying that this was an insensitive term Further reading jew Anagrams en ejw jwé en Judaism People Middle English Alternative forms enm Giw Jeuh Jeuw Jewh Giu Gyu Gyw Jeu Ju juu giw Jeue Jue Jow Jeuȝ Juw jow Yew Etymology enm fro juiu, from enm la iūdaeus, from enm grc Ἰουδαῖος, from enm he יְהוּדִי y'hudí; enm Judew. Pronunciation enm /d͡ʒiu̯/ Noun Jewes Jewene en Jew member of the Jewish people en Jew adherent of Judaism Israelite inhabitant of Biblical Israel Related terms enm Jewesse enm Jewly enm Jewery Descendants en Jew 1 gmw-msc Jew sco Jew References Jeu n MED23847 enm Judaism People