יחוסyikhes meaning in Yiddish

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family pedigree, standing that comes from who your people are · noun

Also spelled in English: yichus, yiches, yikhus

Illustration for the Yiddish word yikhes

Every family has the aunt who can't get through dessert without mentioning whose great-grandson her grandfather studied with. She has yikhes, and she would like you to know it.

די שוויגער רעדט שוין צוויי שעה וועגן איר יחוס, און די יויך ווערט קאַלט.

“My mother-in-law has been talking about her yikhes for two hours, and the soup is getting cold.”

Think of the one relative who couldn't let a family dinner pass without reciting the family tree.

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Published 4 November 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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