Meanings
yekke1
nounyekke (plural yekkes)
plural yekkes
- derogatorymildlysometimesAlternative letter-case form of Yekke.
“No harm has been done,” he says, his supple Yiddish fitted with a stiffening wire of the German accent to which he and his fellow yekkes, even after sixty years, stubbornly cling.
2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 149
Yekke2
Origin
yekke · noun
- Yiddishיעקע
- Englishyekke
From Yiddish יעקע (yeke). See Wikipedia.
More words from Yiddish
Full word history & related roots →Yekke · noun
- Yiddishיעקע
- EnglishYekke
From Yiddish יעקע (yeke). See Wikipedia.
More words from Yiddish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Jecke, Jeckin
- JeckeJew of German-speaking origin
- JeckinJew of German-speaking origin
Yiddish יעקע
- יעקע (yeke)Jew of German-speaking origin
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yekke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yekke
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“yekke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yekke. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yekke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yekke.
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