גרינער
griner
a newcomer, a greenhorn immigrant · noun (masculine); also adjective 'green'
The word the ones who came in 1905 used about the ones who came in 1910. Rarely neutral.
ער איז נאָך אַ גרינער, ער ווייסט נאָך נישט ווי מען פֿאָרט מיט דער סאָבוויי.
“He's still a griner, he doesn't know yet how to ride the subway.”
Think of the first week you spent somewhere you didn't yet know how anything worked.
Published 12 August 2026