איז

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iz"

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German ist, from Old High German ist, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with German ist, Dutch is, West Frisian is, English is, Alemannic German isch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iz/
• (colloquial, unstressed) IPA^(key): [ɪ]

Verb

איז • (iz)

1. is: third-person singular present of זײַן (zayn)