גערימאַנדרעווען

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

English gerrymander +‎ ־עווען (-even). Note the use of גערי (geri) over דזשערי (dzheri) word-initially, possibly in reference to the original pronunciation of the surname of Elbridge Gerry with /g/ as opposed to /dʒ/.

Verb edit

גערימאַנדרעווען (gerimandreven) (past participle געגערימאַנדרעוועט (gegerimandrevet))

  1. (US) to gerrymander

Conjugation edit

References edit

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “גערימאַנדרעווען”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press