Ashkenazi

noun

Ash·​ke·​nazi ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zē  ˌash-kə-ˈna- 

plural Ashkenazim ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zəm 

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 

ˌash-kə-ˈna-

adjective

Examples of Ashkenazi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Sephardic Jews, Ethiopian Jews, and more. — Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026

In a reflection of management’s confidence in its strategy, Alphabet’s top finance executive Anat Ashkenazi told analysts on a conference call that this year’s capital expenditures may climb as high as $190 billion. — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2026

Though his family is Ashkenazi, Cohen didn’t grow up speaking Yiddish — his father studied at Berkeley, his mother at the London School of Economics — and his accent bears little trace of his origins. — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026

On The Mountain The duo Dyad — violinist Niv Ashkenazi and bassoonist Leah Kohn — performs their own arrangements of selections from Ernest Bloch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Irving Berlin, Bruce Babcock, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin. — Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1737, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Ashkenazi

• kamikaze
• paparazzi
• causey
• gauzy
• ghazi
• swazi