Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shvartzer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shvartzer
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of shvartze (masculine)

American usage; Offensive

adj

Alternative form of shvartze (masculine)

American usage; Offensive

Example Sentences

"I liked the secret disgrace of running with shvartzers, of having forbidden friends, if that’s what you want to call them."
"You go to Israel and you come back looking like a shvartzer and talking like Hitler."
"The store’s right in the heart of the shvartzer area."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שוואַרצער (shvartser), nominative masculine singular form of שוואַרץ (shvarts, “black”).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: שוואַרצער

Usage

American usage
Offensive

Inflected Forms

shvartzers (plural)

Questions

What does shvartzer mean?: Alternative form of shvartze (masculine)
Where does shvartzer come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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