Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A convert to Judaism. ["Ger" for a man and "giyoret" for a woman.]

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• גר ger 'stranger; sojourner'

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America
• Great Britain
• South Africa

Dictionaries

• 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).
• Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings

geir, geyr, gair