Chawer

See also: chawer

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend”), from Hebrew חָבֵר. Doublet of Haberer and Gabber.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Chawer m (mixed, genitive Chawers or Chawer, plural Chawern)

1. honorary title given to a distinguished Jewish scholar who is not a rabbi
2. friend, comrade (especially as used by Zionist Communists)

Declension

Declension of Chawer [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Chawer	die	Chawern
genitive	eines	des	Chawers, Chawer	der	Chawern
dative	einem	dem	Chawer	den	Chawern
accusative	einen	den	Chawer	die	Chawern

Further reading

• “Chawer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)