Haredi
/xəˈɹeɪdi/noun, adjective
Haredi is a noun meaning “A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-R-E-D-I, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Haredi is Haredis or Haredim.
What does Haredi mean?
noun
- 1
A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to Haredi Jews.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Haredi?
- /xəˈɹeɪdi/
- /h-/
- /xɑːɹeɪˈdiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Haredi
- Haredis plural
- Haredim plural
- Charedi
- Chareidi
- Hareidi
- more Haredi comparative
- most Haredi superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Haredi?
Haredi appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Haredi come from?
From Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).