Wondering how to use Latke in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as flapjack or pancake.
Latke meaning
A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.
Synonyms of Latke
Using Latke
- The main meaning on this page is: A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.
- Useful related words include: potato pancake, hotcake, griddlecake, flapjack.
- In the example corpus, latke often appears in combinations such as: potato latke.
Context around Latke
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Latke
- In this selection, "latke" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, potato, lucy, grandpa, doesn, condiment and recipes stand out and add context to how "latke" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but all latke recipes need and classic potato latke but are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "latke" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with latke
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s fist-shaped latke under piles of irresistible, genre-bending toppings. (12 words)
When Lucy Latke’s family lights their menorah, Grandpa Latke doesn’t have his facts straight. (16 words)
In 2012, just prior to Chanukah, the dedicated a two-page spread to Esther’s latke recipe. (17 words)
But all latke recipes need a binder to hold the egg and potato together, and while some use flour, others call for matzo meal, even outside of Passover, and it easily replaces flour or potato starch. (36 words)
After the Friday night Hanukkah service, Rabbi Goodstein invited everyone into the synagogue’s small cafeteria, where, at the entrance, two members invited attendees to vote on their favorite latke condiment: sour cream or applesauce. (35 words)
Steve Shander, who runs Latke Love with his wife, Tina Shander, prepares a customer’s order from behind the front counter while the latkes are in the oven just after opening this month. (33 words)
Example sentences (9)
When Lucy Latke’s family lights their menorah, Grandpa Latke doesn’t have his facts straight.
After the Friday night Hanukkah service, Rabbi Goodstein invited everyone into the synagogue’s small cafeteria, where, at the entrance, two members invited attendees to vote on their favorite latke condiment: sour cream or applesauce.
But all latke recipes need a binder to hold the egg and potato together, and while some use flour, others call for matzo meal, even outside of Passover, and it easily replaces flour or potato starch.
Steve Shander, who runs Latke Love with his wife, Tina Shander, prepares a customer’s order from behind the front counter while the latkes are in the oven just after opening this month.
Called keftes de prasa in Ladino, an ancient Judaeo-Spanish language spoken by some Sephardic Jews, these resemble a classic potato latke, but are constructed slightly differently and with the all-important leek.
It’s fist-shaped latke under piles of irresistible, genre-bending toppings.
In 2012, just prior to Chanukah, the dedicated a two-page spread to Esther’s latke recipe.
The holiday’s most famed component is the potato latke, the fried pancake made from grated potato, matzo meal, and egg.
For another variation of a latke, read the following recipe, which shreds the potatoes and onions, rather than blending them, and mixes the shreds with the remaining ingredients before frying.
Common combinations with latke
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: