פראייר

Hebrew

Alternative forms

פְרָיֶר (defective spelling), פְרָיֶיר

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿרײַער (frayer), itself from German Freier.

Compare Russian фра́ер (frájer), Polish frajer, Romanian fraier.

Noun

פראייר \ פְרָיֶר • (fráier) m (plural indefinite פראיירים)

(slang) A sucker, patsy or sap; one who accedes to all requests, and is easily taken advantage of.
- 2003, Hadag Nahash (lyrics and music), “Frayerim”:
  (ונעשה מילואים) נשלם המיסים
  (ונעמוד בפקקים) אותנו לא דופקים
  (אנחנו בטח, בטח, בטח לא)
  אנחנו בטח לא פראיירים
  (we'll be reservists) Pay our taxes
  (get stuck in traffic) We're not screwed over
  (we are fershur, fershur, fershur)
  We for sure ain't frayerim.

See also

פראייר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
Czech: frajer m
German: Freier m
Polish: frajer m
Russian: фра́ер m (frájer)

Further reading

Shahar Ilan (שחר אילן), "Thou shalt not be a freier", in Haaretz (הארץ), 2007 January 30.
Balashon: freier

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