Bocher

== German == === Alternative forms === Bacher === Etymology === The word was borrowed via Yiddish בחור (bokher) which in Western Yiddish applied the senses of “boy, youngster, man”, “Talmud student”, especially “Talmud student who gave lessons to Jewish children in exchange for board and lodge”, “teacher of religious education”, “Jewish teacher”, “assistant schoolmaster”, from Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “young man”). Sense 2 is attested since the 18th century. Sense 4 is also attested since the 18th century and developed as an extension of the Yiddish sense “the one who is studious in the teachings of the Talmud; student of a rabbi”. Senses 8 and 9, also extensions of the aforementioned Yiddish sense, are attested since 1862 and were borrowed from Rotwelsch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɔxɐ] Hyphenation: Bo‧cher === Noun === Bocher m (strong, genitive Bochers, plural Bocherim) young man who has not yet reached adulthood; youngling, youngster, youth Synonym: Jüngling (colloquial, dialectal, Southern Germany) Jewish young man who has not yet reached adulthood; Jewish youngling, Jewish youngster, Jewish youth, young Jew rabbinical student (colloquial) student Synonym: Student (dialectal, Baden dialects; Palatine; Rhenish Franconian: Frankfurt am Main; Bavarian) poor Jewish student (dialectal, Southern Germany) Jewish (male) teacher (dialectal, Baden dialects) rabbi of the village Synonym: Dorfrabbiner (colloquial) experienced police officer (colloquial) police officer who is well versed in thieves and their “Gaunersprache” (≈ thieves' argot) (dialectal, Palatine) Jewish bridegroom (dialectal, Alsatian) clumsy, inept, simple-minded person ==== Declension ==== === See also === Bacherlein ungebachert === References === “Bocher” in Heinz Küpper (1983), Illustriertes Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache, volume II: Blau-Faul, Stuttgart: Klett, pages 441–442. “Bocher” in Heidi Stern (2000), Wörterbuch zum jiddischen Lehnwortschatz in den deutschen Dialekten (Lexicographica: Series Maior; 102, ISSN 0175-9264), Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 68. “Bocher” in Wissenschaftlicher Rat der Dudenredaktion, editor (2007), Duden, Das große Fremdwörterbuch: Herkunft und Bedeutung der Fremdwörter, 4th edition, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page Seite 210.