There are two words in Yiddish for a friend. The first is "khaver", with the throat-clearing "ach" sound associated with German and Liverpudlian English. The plural is "khaveyrim". This word is rather broad, meaning anything from "comrade" to "boyfriend". The feminine equivalent is "khaverte". The other word is "fraynd", pronounced varyingly to rhyme with "mind", "pint", "conned", and British English "can't". There is no plural.