Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lantzman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lantz-man
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.

noun

A countryman, cohort or sympathizer.

noun

A man respected in the community for his wisdom or knowledge of Torah and Jewish teachings.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַנדסמאַן (landsman). Doublet of landsman.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: לאַנדסמאַן

Inflected Forms

lantzmen (plural)

Questions

What does lantzman mean?: A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.
Where does lantzman come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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