קלסר
“קלסר” (клэсэр) — binder in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The tikkia is taken by the folder — including the computer one; the folder with rings for sheets is the kleser. The word came from German, like the thing itself. In a live sentence: “כל המכתבים שלי בקלסר אחד.” — All my letters are in one binder. Written with the characters ק, ל, ס, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | קלסר |
| Read in Latin letters | клэсэр |
| Translation | binder |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The tikkia is taken by the folder — including the computer one; the folder with rings for sheets is the kleser. The word came from German, like the thing itself
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- כל המכתבים שלי בקלסר אחד.коль ха-михтавим шели бэ-клэсэр эхад.All my letters are in one binder.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “binder” in Hebrew?
«קלסר», read “клэсэр”. In a live sentence: “כל המכתבים שלי בקלסר אחד.” — All my letters are in one binder. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ק, ל, ס, ר.
How is “קלסר” written in Latin letters?
клэсэр. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The tikkia is taken by the folder — including the computer one; the folder with rings for sheets is the kleser. The word came from German, like the thing itself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.