Ashkenazi

noun

plural Ashkenazim ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zəm How to pronounce Ashkenazi (audio)
ˌash-kə-ˈna-
: a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews compare sephardi
Ashkenazic
ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zik How to pronounce Ashkenazi (audio)
ˌash-kə-ˈna-
adjective

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German Ashkenazi Jews settled there in the 1910s, and its borders became defined through redlining practices that withheld home loans from minority communities, including Jews. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024 The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024 A day earlier, Alphabet CFO Anat Ashkenazi warned the company expects capital spending to grow in 2025. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 Tenuous tech jobs Ashkenazi, who replaced former CFO Ruth Porat, also hinted about cost cuts. Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Ashkenazi 

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew Ashkĕnāzī, from Ashkĕnāz, medieval rabbinical name for Germany

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Ashkenazi was in 1828

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“Ashkenazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ashkenazi. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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