Jew – English noun declension

English noun forms of Jew

Noun: Jew
SingularJew
PluralJews

Sample Sentences

  • Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork.
  • Many Jews eat bagels.
  • Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs
  • dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with
  • the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
  • to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,
  • warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer
  • as a Christian is? [c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:]
  • The wrongs of a Jew are not lightly forgotten, for the race can both love and hate. [1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:]
  • A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people. [1996 March 1, The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne, page 33, column 1:]
  • The local gazetteers of Xiangfu district, Kaifeng prefecture, and Henan province⁵ mention a surprisingly large number of Kaifeng Jews and their successes in Chinese society with dates. [1998, Donald Daniel Leslie, “Chinese Native Sources”, in Jews and Judaism in Traditional China: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series), volume XLIV, Nettetal, Germany: Steyler Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:]
  • There are Jews who consider themselves White and Jews who are people of color. [2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN:]
  • The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. [2024 October 13, Reuters, “Centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus’s true origins revealed in study”, in CNN:]
  • “Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?” [2010, Matthew S. Hiley, Hubris Falls, page 111:]

Etymology

From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ. See: Middle English Nouns 'Jew', Latin Nouns 'iūdaeus', Ancient Greek Nouns 'Ἰουδαῖος'.

Verbs referencing "Jew"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns jøde.