יודע

Hebrew

Root
י־ד־ע (y-d-ʿ)
21 terms

Verb

יודע / יֻדַּע • (yudá) (pu'al construction, active counterpart יידע / יִדֵּעַ)

1. to be informed
2. (grammar) to be made definite, to be put into definite form

Conjugation

Conjugation of יודע / יֻדַּע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	יודעתי / יֻדַּעְתִּי		יודענו / יֻדַּעְנוּ
	second	יודעת / יֻדַּעְתָּ	יודעת / יֻדַּעְתְּ	יודעתם / יֻדַּעְתֶּם	יודעתן / יֻדַּעְתֶּן
	third	יודע / יֻדַּע	יודעה / יֻדְּעָה	יודעו / יֻדְּעוּ
present		מיודע / מְיֻדָּע	מיודעת / מְיֻדַּעַת	מיודעים / מְיֻדָּעִים	מיודעות / מְיֻדָּעוֹת
future	first	איודע / אֲיֻדַּע		ניודע / נְיֻדַּע
	second	תיודע / תְּיֻדַּע	תיודעי / תְּיֻדְּעִי	תיודעו / תְּיֻדְּעוּ	תיודענה / תְּיֻדַּעְנָה1
	third	ייודע / יְיֻדַּע	תיודע / תְּיֻדַּע	ייודעו / יְיֻדְּעוּ	תיודענה / תְּיֻדַּעְנָה1
imperative		—	—	—	—1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

יוֹדֵעַ • (yodé’a)

1. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of יָדַע (yadá).

   הוא יודע מה הוא עושה. ― hu yodéa má hu osé. ― He knows what he's doing.

   לא יודע. ― lo yodéa ― Don't know.

References

• H3045 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "יודע" in the Verb Conjugation Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish

Etymology

From German Jude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊdə/

Noun

יודע • (yude) ?

1. (Khurbn) a Jew

   Synonym: ייִד (yid)

Usage notes

Historically used in reported speech to distance a Jewish writer from the way Nazis discussed Jews and their own opinion. In some texts, it would be used to report a speaker as German without necessarily saying such.

Derived terms

• יודענגעלב (yudengelb, “Yellow document required by Jews in Łódź”)
• יודענמאַטעריאַל (yudenmateryal, “Jew-material”)
• יודענפּאַס (yudenpas, “Jewish worker's card used in Kraków”)
• יודענפּאָסט (yudenpost, “Jew-post”)
• יודענפֿירטל (yudenfirtl, “Jewish quarter”)
• יודענראַט (yudenrat, “Jewish council”)
• יודענרײַן (yudenrayn, “Cleansed of Jews”)
• יודענרעסערװאַט (yudenreservat, “Jewish reservation”)

References

• Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.133-137, 235. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909