Modern EnglishYiddish Dictionary Author:Uriel Weinreich This dictionary is designed in the main for persons who have a firm grounding in English and at least a rudimentary command of Yiddish and are eager to broaden their mastery of Yiddish vocabulary and phraseology. Accordingly, the Yiddish rather than the English material has been phonetically and grammatically analyzed, and English glosses have b... more »een used, wherever appropriate, to specify semantic detail. Likewise, the "Guidelines for Use of the Dictionary" has been presented in far more detail in English than in Yiddish.« less