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berkowitz

berkowitz is the alternative form of berkovets.

Meaning of berkovets

Noun

berkovets (plural berkovets)

  1. (historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.

Proper noun capitalized: Berkowitz

Berkowitz (plural Berkowitzes)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Forms of berkowitz

Noun
pluralberkowitz
Proper noun
pluralBerkowitzes
alternative formBerkovich

Origin of berkowitz

Germanized spelling of Polish Berkowicz, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Questions about berkowitz

What does berkowitz mean?
Berkowitz means a surname from Polish.
What is berkowitz the alternative form of?
Berkowitz is the alternative form of berkovets.
What part of speech is berkowitz?
Berkowitz is a proper noun.

Words near berkowitz in the dictionary

  1. berko
  2. berkovets
  3. berkovetz
  4. Berkovich
  5. Berkoviches
  6. berkowitz
  7. Berkowitzes
  8. berks
  9. Berks County
  10. Berks.
  11. Berkshire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: berkowitz (page history and authors); Berkowitz (page history and authors); berkovets (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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