diff --git a/frontend/__tests__/test/lazy-mode.spec.ts b/frontend/__tests__/test/lazy-mode.spec.ts
index 1609719c6..6b0259fb9 100644
--- a/frontend/__tests__/test/lazy-mode.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/__tests__/test/lazy-mode.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ let germanAccents = [
   ["ü", "ue"],
 ] as [string, string][];
 
+let multicharAccents = [
+  ["a", "bc"],
+  ["de", "f"],
+  ["gh", "ij"],
+] as [string, string][];
+
 describe("lazy-mode", () => {
   describe("replaceAccents", () => {
     it("should replace common accents", () => {
@@ -38,5 +44,23 @@ describe("lazy-mode", () => {
         expect(result).toBe("aesse");
       });
     });
+    describe("multicharacter accents", () => {
+      it("should correctly replace multicharacter accents", () => {
+        const tests = [
+          { input: "a", expected: "bc" },
+          { input: "aa", expected: "bcbc" },
+          { input: "de", expected: "f" },
+          { input: "dede", expected: "ff" },
+          { input: "gh", expected: "ij" },
+          { input: "ghgh", expected: "ijij" },
+          { input: "abcdefgh", expected: "bcbcffij" },
+        ];
+
+        tests.forEach(({ input, expected }) => {
+          const result = replaceAccents(input, multicharAccents);
+          expect(result).toBe(expected);
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/test/lazy-mode.ts b/frontend/src/ts/test/lazy-mode.ts
index 90e94680d..a957b5920 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/test/lazy-mode.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/test/lazy-mode.ts
@@ -49,14 +49,21 @@ const accentsMap = new Map<string, string>(
 export type Accents = [string, string][];
 
 function findAccent(
-  char: string,
+  wordSlice: string,
   additionalAccents?: Accents
-): string | undefined {
-  const lookup = char.toLowerCase();
+): [string, string] | undefined {
+  const lookup = wordSlice.toLowerCase();
 
-  const found = additionalAccents?.find((rule) => rule[0].includes(lookup));
+  const found = additionalAccents?.find((rule) => lookup.startsWith(rule[0]));
 
-  return found !== undefined ? found[1] : accentsMap.get(lookup);
+  const common = accentsMap.get(lookup[0] as string);
+
+  const commonFound =
+    common !== undefined
+      ? ([lookup[0], common] as [string, string])
+      : undefined;
+
+  return found !== undefined ? found : commonFound;
 }
 
 export function replaceAccents(
@@ -68,19 +75,24 @@ export function replaceAccents(
   const cases = [...word].map((it, i) => it === uppercased[i]);
   const newWordArray: string[] = [];
 
+  let offset = 0;
   for (let i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
-    const char = word[i] as string;
-    const isUpperCase = cases[i];
-    const accent = findAccent(char, additionalAccents);
+    const index = i + offset;
+    if (index >= word.length) break;
+    const wordSlice = word.slice(index);
+    const caseSlice = cases.slice(index);
+    const accent = findAccent(wordSlice, additionalAccents);
 
     if (accent !== undefined) {
-      if (isUpperCase) {
-        newWordArray.push(accent.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
-        newWordArray.push(accent.substring(1));
-      } else {
-        newWordArray.push(accent);
+      for (let j = 0; j < accent[1].length; j++) {
+        const char = accent[1][j] as string;
+        const isUpperCase = caseSlice[j] ?? false;
+        newWordArray.push(isUpperCase ? char.toUpperCase() : char);
       }
+      offset += accent[0].length - 1;
     } else {
+      const char = word[index] as string;
+      const isUpperCase = cases[index];
       newWordArray.push(isUpperCase ? char.toUpperCase() : char);
     }
   }
diff --git a/frontend/static/languages/yiddish.json b/frontend/static/languages/yiddish.json
index 369b43283..04270cfc4 100644
--- a/frontend/static/languages/yiddish.json
+++ b/frontend/static/languages/yiddish.json
@@ -2,8 +2,25 @@
   "name": "yiddish",
   "rightToLeft": true,
   "ligatures": true,
-  "noLazyMode": true,
   "bcp47": "yi",
+  "additionalAccents": [
+    ["אַ", "א"],
+    ["אָ", "א"],
+    ["בּ", "ב"],
+    ["בֿ", "ב"],
+    ["וּ", "ו"],
+    ["וֹ", "ו"],
+    ["יִ", "י"],
+    ["כּ", "כ"],
+    ["פּ", "פ"],
+    ["פֿ", "פ"],
+    ["שׂ", "ש"],
+    ["תּ", "ת"],
+    ["ײַ", "יי"],
+    ["ײ", "יי"],
+    ["ױ", "וי"],
+    ["װ", "וו"]
+  ],
   "words": [
     "קאַווע",
     "אויפּס",