ger
Pronunciations
ger | (GEHR) | listen |
Definitions
n. (pl. gerim) A convert to Judaism.
Example Sentences
"In all branches of Judaism, a ger or giyoret is considered a full Jew." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
גר ger 'stranger'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
geir, geyr
Notes
Plural gerim.
Old-fashioned, historical (JPS).
Not to be confused with the Hasidic group called Ger (or the 'Ger Hasidim,' 'Ger Chasidim').
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