Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: hed-er
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.

Etymology

From Hebrew חֶדֶר (khéder, “room”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: חֶדֶר

Inflected Forms

heders (plural) hederim (plural) hadarim (plural) hedarim (plural)

Questions

What does heder mean?: An elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.
Where does heder come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce heder

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