Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew הֶפְקֵר (hefkér).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
הפֿקר • (hefker)
- abandoned, (no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted)
- with no master [usually negative connotation, comp. Y.L. Peretz' poem מיין נישט, with the line "די וועלט איז אַ הפֿקר"]
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