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Hamantaschen meaning

Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.

Using Hamantaschen

  • The main meaning on this page is: Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.
  • In the example corpus, hamantaschen often appears in combinations such as: the hamantaschen.

Context around Hamantaschen

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sweet 1× traditionally 1× traditional 1×

Often after:

platters 1× freeze 1× cookies 1×

Sentence patterns with Hamantaschen

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

all the hamantaschen you can 1× bake the hamantaschen for 15 1× fan of hamantaschen 1× few sweet hamantaschen 1× the hamantaschen platters are 1× the traditional hamantaschen cookies apparently 1× these hamantaschen freeze well 1× traditionally hamantaschen have been 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bake the hamantaschen 1× let s have 1× the event will 1× traditionally hamantaschen have 1×

Common sentence endings:

fan of hamantaschen 1× few sweet hamantaschen 1× have popped up 1× lightly golden brown 1× named for him 1× you can eat 1×

Words around Hamantaschen

Just before it in the word index:

hamano 2 hamann 25 hamand 2 haman 28 hamamatsu 12 hamama 2

Just after it in the word index:

hamar 17 hamara 5 hamari 3 hamarikyu 2 hamas 3.925 hamasah 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Hamantaschen

  • In this selection, "hamantaschen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sweet, traditionally, traditional, platters, freeze and cookies stand out and add context to how "hamantaschen" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all the hamantaschen you can and bake the hamantaschen for 15. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hamantaschen" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hamantaschen

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These hamantaschen freeze well. (4 words)

The hamantaschen platters are ready. (5 words)

I have always loved Purim, but I was never a big fan of hamantaschen. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Let’s have this in mind in the next few weeks as we prepare to celebrate Purim, solemnly recall the destructive potential of our enemies, and offer the security guards and police officers outside of our schools and synagogues a few sweet hamantaschen. (43 words)

The event will feature the story of Purim being told by Drag Purim Spiel Disco Extravaganza and all the hamantaschen you can eat. (23 words)

Traditionally, hamantaschen have been made out of poppy seeds, although, of late, there are all sorts of other fillers that have popped up. (23 words)

Example sentences (8)

Let’s have this in mind in the next few weeks as we prepare to celebrate Purim, solemnly recall the destructive potential of our enemies, and offer the security guards and police officers outside of our schools and synagogues a few sweet hamantaschen.

Bake the hamantaschen for 15-17 minutes or until the dough is lightly golden brown.

The event will feature the story of Purim being told by Drag Purim Spiel Disco Extravaganza and all the hamantaschen you can eat.

The hamantaschen platters are ready.

Traditionally, hamantaschen have been made out of poppy seeds, although, of late, there are all sorts of other fillers that have popped up.

I have always loved Purim, but I was never a big fan of hamantaschen.

These hamantaschen freeze well.

They will also bake the traditional hamantaschen cookies—apparently Haman got a cookie named for him.

Common combinations with hamantaschen

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hamantaschen" in a sentence?
An example: "Let’s have this in mind in the next few weeks as we prepare to celebrate Purim, solemnly recall the destructive potential of our enemies, and offer the security guards and police officers outside of our schools and synagogues a few sweet hamantaschen." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "hamantaschen" from authentic English texts.
What does "hamantaschen" mean?
Hamantaschen means: Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.
How many example sentences with "hamantaschen" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "hamantaschen", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.