Definitions

• n. A fool.
  

• interj. You fool!
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Y חכם אײנער khokhem eyner
  

Who Uses This

• 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).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

chochem eyner, chochem ayner, khokhem ayner, khokhem ainer, chochem ainer, chochem einer, khokhem einer, khokhom eyner, chochom eyner