Meanings

  1. young man who has not yet reached adulthood; youngling, youngster, youth

    Ich war ein Bocher von fünfzehn Jahren, als der Vater mir das Bündel auf den Rücken hing und sagte: ›Geh verdienen.‹I was a fifteen-year-old youngster when my father packed my bags and said: “Go and [start to] earn [your own money].”

  2. Southern-Germany · colloquial · dialectalJewish young man who has not yet reached adulthood; Jewish youngling, Jewish youngster, Jewish youth, young Jew

    Ihr Vater, ein Sopher, hatte sich keinen andern Tochtermann gewünscht, als Musje Itzig, der allenfalls ein feiner Bocher, aber ein grober Junge war.Her father, a sofer, had not wished for any other husband for his daughter than Musje Itzig who at best was a fine Jewish youngster but a coarse boy.”

  3. rabbinical student

    Hätten wir bei ihren Lebzeiten erkannt, was wir an ihnen besaßen, so hätten wir den Strumpfwirker und den Spenglergehilfen zu Ministern, den Bäckerlehrling zum Bäckermeister und den Bocher wenigstens zum Oberrabbiner ernannt.If only we had known in their lifetimes what we had of them, then we would have appointed the hosier and the plumber's assistant to ministers, the baker's apprentice to the master baker, and the rabbinical student to the chief rabbi.

  4. colloquialstudent

    Bis zu zwanzig Jahren war Löwy ein Bocher, der studierte und seines wohlhabenden Vaters Geld ausgab.Up until his twentieth year Löwy was a student who studied and spent the money of his wealthy father.

  5. Bavarian · Palatine · dialectalpoor Jewish student

  6. Southern-Germany · dialectalJewish (male) teacher

7 more meanings
  1. dialectalrabbi of the village

    Indem kam der Fremdenführer aus der Synagoge, erkannte uns sofort wieder - […] nahm uns in Beschlag, ließ den Bocher stehen, der uns verwundert nachsah.Meanwhile the tourist guide came out of the synagogue and recognised us immediately - […] monopolized us, left the village rabbi standing who looked after us in astonishment.

  2. colloquialexperienced police officer

  3. colloquialpolice officer who is well versed in thieves and their “Gaunersprache” (≈ thieves' argot)

  4. Palatine · dialectalJewish bridegroom

  5. Alsatian · dialectalclumsy, inept, simple-minded person

  6. colloquialexperienced / skillful police officer

  7. colloquialofficer thief thieves’ argot