ashkenazi

UK /ˌæʃkɪˈnɑːzi/ US /ˌɑːʃkɪˈnɑːzi/

adj 2noun 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

experienced, genetic, half, jewish, known, last, long, many

VERB + ASHKENAZI

assigned, forced, name, yemenite

ASHKENAZI + NOUN

dna, hebrew, jew, jews, mizrahi, sephardi, traditions

PREP.

among, in, upon

ADV.

legally, stereotypically, traditionally, usually

Definitions

adj

Of or relating to Jews of German origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Yiddish, and they historically dominated Jewish life in Europe north of the Mediterranean, in contrast to the Sephardim.

noun

An Ashkenazi Jew.

name

A surname from Hebrew.

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He's an Ashkenazi Jew.

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Nineteenth-century Hebrew had three principal dialects: Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Yemenite.

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Ashkenazi Hebrew uses a sibilant fricative where Yemenite Hebrew has a non-sibilant fricative.

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There are many similarities between the vowel systems of Ashkenazi and Yemenite Hebrew.

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Zamenhof was an Ashkenazi Jew.

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In the 17th and 18th centuries, European surnames were legally forced upon Ashkenazi Jews.

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