Fraer - who is this? The meaning and origin of the word

Surely, each of us heard an expression about some frauer, which ruined his own greed. Also often used is the expression "not for long the music played, for a short while the dancer was dancing." What does this expression mean? Fraer - who is this at all? Where did this word come from and what does it mean if we look at it from different social angles.

Origin

According to historians, the word freier first appeared in the everyday life of the Germans several hundred years ago. From the ancient German "fraer" - who is it? This is a person who is completely free from any obligations, or the groom. There is also a translation where the word denotes a young man who often visits brothels and has enough money to take a girl of easy virtue for the night. A similar translation of "fiancé, beloved" occurs in this word and in Ukrainian explanatory dictionaries.

Thieves' throats

It is not known whether the word, as they say, came from the German or Ukrainian lexicon, as they say, to the people, but it was sewn there thoroughly. Scientists say that the closest thing was German, as he moved to Yiddish, and from there many words and expressions already came to the thieves 'thieves' vocabulary of pre-war and post-war time.

If we talk about thieves lexicon, then this word can have different meanings. Frair trump is a person who was in prison and refers to thieves. Fraier civilized - a man who was never in prison, an intellectual, is a very tasty money piece for bandits, hooligans and thieves. Even in Polish thieves' slang there is such a word. The Poles frajer - this is a simpleton, which is very easy to deceive. It turns out that the languages are different, and the fraer - it's everywhere fraer.

There are other slang variations that explain what "fraer" means. For example, this word can mean a prisoner, but one who has just started his thieving path and has not yet been ranked among the highest thieves caste. Bandits and thieves are one thing, and priblatennnaya fraer - quite another.

The second group is allowed to steal, deceive. Such a fraer is considered a simpleton, a ruffian, an inexperienced person. Quite often you can hear the phrase: "What am I - fraera or something?". It will mean that a person does not classify himself as someone who is so easily deceived, robbed and traced around his finger.

Goldfinch or Dandy

And what are the explanatory dictionaries? Fraer - who is this? They have several definitions of the word. Firstly, it's just a man. Yes, and write many dictionaries: fraer - a man. Surely, here is meant a person who cares for a woman or spends time with her. Secondly, this word means very well and according to the fashion of the dressed person. Quite often in the Soviet camps people who belonged to the political elite were so called. Political prisoners were always much tidier, they were even monitored in such terrible conditions for the way they looked.

Expressions

So, we figured out and answered the question posed: "Fraer - who is this?". However, with this word there is a huge mass of expressions and phrases, in the meaning of which, too, is worth investigating.

• The fryer on the reels is a man who is distinguished by a cheerful, brisk temper. It is also called "zhivchik".
• Fraurnutsja - not to receive desirable, to be mistaken or even to disgrace.
• Nabushmashchenny fraer - a man who can never been in prison, but knows all the laws and traditions of the thieves' world perfectly.
• Frairitsya means trying to impersonate an experienced and hard-boiled thief, who spent a long time in prison. It can also mean banal boasting.
• "Not for a long time did the music play, for a short time the frauer danced" - the phrase mentioned above. Means that the reckless revelers came to an end, the pleasures end, the moment of reckoning begins.