He's an Ashkenazi Jew.
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Ashkenazi
//ˌɑːʃkɪˈnɑːzi//
Synonyms for "ashkenazi" (1 found)
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58 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَشْكِنَازِيّ adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- أَشْكِنَازِيّ noun (Jew of German origin)
Catalan
2 entries- asquenazita adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- asquenazita noun (Jew of German origin)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 阿什肯納茲猶太人 /阿什肯纳兹犹太人 adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
Esperanto
2 entries- aŝkenaza adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- aŝkenazo noun (Jew of German origin)
Finnish
2 entries- aškenasi noun (Jew of German origin)
- aškenasijuutalainen noun (Jew of German origin)
French
2 entries- ashkénaze adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ashkénaze noun (Jew of German origin)
German
2 entries- aschkenasisch adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- Aschkenasi noun (Jew of German origin)
Greek
2 entries- ασκενάζι adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ασκενάζι noun (Jew of German origin)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי noun (Jew of German origin)
Hungarian
1 entries- askenázi adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
Italian
4 entries- ashkenazita adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- askenazita adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ashkenazita noun (Jew of German origin)
- askenazita noun (Jew of German origin)
Ladino
2 entries- ashkenazi adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ashkenazi noun (Jew of German origin)
Persian
2 entries- اشکنازی adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- اشکنازی noun (Jew of German origin)
Polish
4 entries- askenazyjski adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- aszkenazyjski adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- askenazyjczyk noun (Jew of German origin)
- askenazyjka noun (Jew of German origin)
Portuguese
2 entries- ashkenazi adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ashkenazi noun (Jew of German origin)
Romanian
1 entries- așkenaz noun (Jew of German origin)
Russian
4 entries- ашкена́зский adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ашкенази́йский adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ашкена́з noun (Jew of German origin)
- ашкенази́ noun (Jew of German origin)
Slovak
3 entries- aškenázsky adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- Aškenáz noun (Jew of German origin)
- Aškenázka noun (Jew of German origin)
Spanish
2 entries- askenazi adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- asquenazí adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
Swedish
4 entries- ashkenazisk adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ashkenaz noun (Jew of German origin)
- ashkenazisk jude noun (Jew of German origin)
- askenas noun (Jew of German origin)
Turkish
1 entries- Aşkenaz noun (Jew of German origin)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ашкена́зський adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ашкеназійський adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- ашкена́з noun (Jew of German origin)
Welsh
2 entries- Ashcenasig adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- Ashcenasi noun (Jew of German origin)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַשכּנזיש adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- אַשכּנזי noun (Jew of German origin)
Zazaki
2 entries- eşkenaz adj (of, or relating to Jews of German origin)
- eşkenaz noun (Jew of German origin)
Sample sentences
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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.
Source: tatoeba (8115449)
There are many similarities between the vowel systems of Ashkenazi and Yemenite Hebrew.
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