"derech" meaning in English

See derech in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew דרך. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|he|דרך}} Borrowed from Hebrew דרך Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} derech (uncountable)
  1. (Judaism) The path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism. Tags: Judaism, uncountable Categories (topical): Judaism Related terms: derech eretz
    Sense id: en-derech-en-noun-Bk-r-jJ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "דרך"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew דרך",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew דרך.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "derech (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "en:Judaism",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 8:",
          "text": "You see, I had gone off the derech--off the path. To complete my self-determination, to live an authentic life, I would have to leave the community, the most egregious offense imaginable.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism."
      ],
      "id": "en-derech-en-noun-Bk-r-jJ6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) The path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "derech eretz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "derech"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "דרך"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew דרך",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew דרך.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "derech (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "derech eretz"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from Hebrew",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Judaism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 8:",
          "text": "You see, I had gone off the derech--off the path. To complete my self-determination, to live an authentic life, I would have to leave the community, the most egregious offense imaginable.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) The path of propriety or righteousness, or especially of Hasidism or Judaism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "derech"
}

Download raw JSONL data for derech meaning in English (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.