gramen

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Pronunciations

gramen (GRAH-men) listen

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Definitions

  • n. An improvised rhyming poem.

Example Sentences

  • "Mendy performs a new Purim gramen every year."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • גראַמען gramen 'rhymes'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

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