treife

English

Adjective

treife (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of treyf.

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • treifel (rare, dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish טרייף (treyf), from Hebrew טְרֵפָה.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛi̯.fə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: trei‧fe
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯fə

Adjective

treife (not comparable)

  1. (Judaism, of food) treyf, non-kosher (being unpermitted food)

Declension

Declension of treife
uninflected treife
inflected treife
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial treife
indefinite m./f. sing. treife
n. sing. treife
plural treife
definite treife
partitive treifes

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish טרייף (treyf).

Pronunciation

Adjective

treife (strong nominative masculine singular treifer, not comparable)

  1. (Judaism, of food) treyf (being unpermitted food)
    Antonym: koscher

Declension