aschkenasisch

[aʃkeˈnaːzɪʃ]

/[aʃkeˈnaːzɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“aschkenasisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich auf die Aschkenasim beziehend, ihnen zugehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-aschkenasisch · aschkenasisch · German

aschkenasisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for aschkenasisch
PropertyValue
Headwordaschkenasisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aʃkeˈnaːzɪʃ]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aschkenasisch“ im Deutschen

aschkenasischsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aschkenasisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aʃkeˈnaːzɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich auf die Aschkenasim beziehend, ihnen zugehörig".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aschkenasisch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aschkenasisch, spelled A-S-C-H-K-E-N-A-S-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich auf die Aschkenasim beziehend, ihnen zugehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aschkenasisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bekannte aschkenasische Juden waren beispielsweise Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka, Gustav Mahler, Heinrich Heine, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl.
  2. „Dies zeigt eine jüngere Studie über die Haplogruppe K, die bei den aschkenasischen Juden und den übrigen Europäern gleich häufig ist. Die mögliche aschkenasische Besonderheit liegt also nicht einfach in dieser Haplogruppe. Bei vollständiger Auswertung der mtDNA-Sequenzen, die ausführlichere genetische Informationen( )liefert,(6) lassen sich durch feinere…

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aschkenasisch"?
"aschkenasisch" is spelled A-S-C-H-K-E-N-A-S-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [aʃkeˈnaːzɪʃ].
What does "aschkenasisch" mean?
As an adjective, "aschkenasisch" means: sich auf die Aschkenasim beziehend, ihnen zugehörig
How do you pronounce "aschkenasisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aschkenasisch" is [aʃkeˈnaːzɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aschkenasisch" come from?
"aschkenasisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list