Judaist

English

Etymology

From Juda(ism) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːˌdeɪ.ɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈd͡ʒuːdi.ɪst/

Noun

Judaist (plural Judaists)

1. (Judaism, uncommon) One who believes and practices Judaism.

   Synonym: Jew

   Antonyms: gentile, goy

   Hypernyms: Abrahamist, Judeo-Christian, monotheist

   Hyponyms: halakhist, Orthodox Jew, rabbi

   • 2000, Jacob Neusner, chapter 1, in The Blackwell Companion to Judaism‎^[1], Blackwell Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:

     All Judaists — those who practice the religion, Judaism — are Jews, but not all Jews are Judaists.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used to refer to a religious Jew, thus more specific than Jew, which refers also to a secular Jew.

Translations

practicer of Judaism as distinguished from a non-practicing Jew

• Esperanto: judismano
• Ido: judaisto (io)
• Russian: иуде́й (ru) m (iudéj), иуде́йка (ru) f (iudéjka)
• Ukrainian: іуде́й m (iudéj), іуде́йка f (iudéjka), юде́й m (judéj), юде́йка f (judéjka)
• Yiddish: שומר־מיצוות m (shoymer-mitsves), פֿרומער m (frumer), פֿרומע f (frume)

References

• “Judaist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /judaˈɪst/

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Noun

Judaist m (weak, genitive Judaisten, plural Judaisten, feminine Judaistin)

1. A specialist in Jewish studies. (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Judaist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Judaist	die	Judaisten
genitive	eines	des	Judaisten	der	Judaisten
dative	einem	dem	Judaisten	den	Judaisten
accusative	einen	den	Judaisten	die	Judaisten

Related terms

• Jiddistik (= Yiddish studies)
• Judaistik (= Judaic studies / Jewish studies)
• Jude, Jüdin
• Judentum
• jüdisch
• jüdische Studien (“Jewish studies”)
• Jüdischkeit (“Jewishness”)