וטרינר
“וטרינר” (ветеринар) — a vet in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. The word sounds like the English vet — only shorter. The animal clinic is called marcaf — a shortening of the veterinary clinic. In a live sentence: “הכלב חולה, ואנחנו לוקחים אותו לוטרינר.” — The dog is ill — and we are taking her to the vet. Written with the characters ו, ט, ר, י, נ, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | וטרינר |
| Read in Latin letters | ветеринар |
| Translation | a vet |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The word sounds like the English vet — only shorter. The animal clinic is called marcaf — a shortening of the veterinary clinic
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.
- הכלב חולה, ואנחנו לוקחים אותו לוטרינר.ха-келев холе, ве-анахну локхим ото ле-ветеринар.The dog is ill — and we are taking her to the vet.
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 “a vet” in Hebrew?
«וטרינר», read “ветеринар”. In a live sentence: “הכלב חולה, ואנחנו לוקחים אותו לוטרינר.” — The dog is ill — and we are taking her to the vet. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ו, ט, ר, י, נ, ר.
How is “וטרינר” written in Latin letters?
ветеринар. 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 word sounds like the English vet — only shorter. The animal clinic is called marcaf — a shortening of the veterinary clinic. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.