frajer
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech frejieř. Borrowed from German Freier. Doublet of frejíř.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfrajɛr]
Noun
frajer m anim (female equivalent frajerka)
- (colloquial) cool guy
- Je to vážně frajer! ― He's a really cool guy!
- (colloquial, rare, old) boyfriend
Declension
Declension of frajer (hard masculine animate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | frajer | frajeři |
genitive | frajera | frajerů |
dative | frajerovi, frajeru | frajerům |
accusative | frajera | frajery |
vocative | frajere | frajeři |
locative | frajerovi, frajeru | frajerech |
instrumental | frajerem | frajery |
Derived terms
- frajerka
- frajeřina
- frajeřit
- frajírek
- frája
See also
Further reading
- “frajer”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “frajer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “frajer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרײַער (frayer). Doublet of frajérz. Compare Romanian fraier and Russian фра́ер (frájer).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfra.jɛr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ajɛr
- Syllabification: fra‧jer
Noun
frajer m pers (female equivalent frajerka)
- (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, mug, chump
- (colloquial) newbie, novice, greenhorn
- Synonyms: nowicjusz, żółtodziób
- (colloquial) trifle, bagatelle, or piece of cake
Declension
Declension of frajer
singular | plural | |
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nominative | frajer | frajerzy/frajery (deprecative) |
genitive | frajera | frajerów |
dative | frajerowi | frajerom |
accusative | frajera | frajerów |
instrumental | frajerem | frajerami |
locative | frajerze | frajerach |
vocative | frajerze | frajerzy |
Derived terms
adjective
- frajerski
noun
- frajerstwo
Further reading
- frajer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- frajer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frâjer/
Noun
frȁjer m anim (Cyrillic spelling фра̏јер)
Usage notes
In contemporary colloquial usage, this word generally means guy or hunk.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | frajer | frajeri |
genitive | frajera | frajera |
dative | frajeru | frajerima |
accusative | frajera | frajere |
vocative | frajeru | frajeri |
locative | frajeru | frajerima |
instrumental | frajerom | frajerima |
Declension
References
- Moderni srpsko-nemački: Mačak hohštapler, Deutsche Welle, 2011
- “frajer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Речник српског језика, Српска дигитална библиотека, Србософт
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfrajer]
Noun
frajer m pers (female equivalent frajerka, relational adjective frajerský, diminutive frajerček or frajerík, augmentative frajerisko or frajerčisko)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | frajer | frajeri |
genitive | frajera | frajerov |
dative | frajerovi | frajerom |
accusative | frajera | frajerov |
locative | frajerovi | frajeroch |
instrumental | frajerom | frajermi |
Further reading
- “frajer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025