שׂונא־ישׂראל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שונא ישראל‎ (soné yisra'él, “hater of Israel”).

Pronunciation
  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˌsɔɪ.nə.jisˈrɔ.əl/
  • (Northern Yiddish) IPA(key): /ˌsɛɪ.nə.isˈrɔ.əl/
  • (Southern Yiddish) IPA(key): /ˌsɔɪ.nə.(j)isˈruː.əl/

Noun

שׂונא־ישׂראל • (soyne-yisroel) m, plural שׂונאי־ישׂראל‎ (soyne-yisroel)

  1. antisemite, Jew hater
    Synonym: אַנטיסעמיט‎ (antisemit)
    • 2020 October 30, Mikhail Krutikov, “ריכאַרד װאַגנער װי אַ „ייִדישע פּראָבלעם‟‎ [Richard Wagner as a "Jewish problem"]”, in Forverts‎:
      ‏װאַגנער איז טאַקע יאָ געװען אַ שׂונא־ישׂראל, און היטלער האָט יאָ ליב געהאַט זײַן מוזיק, כאָטש עס איז אַ ספֿק אַז דװקא װאַגנער איז געװען ספּעציעל פּאָפּולער צװישן די „עס־עס‟־וועכטער אין די טױטלאַגערן.‎‎
      vagner iz take yo geven a soyne-yisroel, un hitler hot yo lib gehat zayn muzik, khotsh es iz a sofek az dafke vagner iz geven spetsyel populer tsvishn di „es-es‟-vekhter in di toytlagern.
      Wagner really was a Jew hater, and Hitler did love his music, though it is doubtful that Wagner was especially popular among SS guards in the deathcamps.
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