Masculí

Gauner

Significat

Conceptes

(Anglès)

(informal, masculine, strong) petty thief, crook, racketeer
(informal, masculine, strong) sly, cunning person

Freqüència

Basilea-Camp

galgestrigg

Basilea-Camp

galgevoogel

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/

Cognat amb francès

Grec

In summary

From thieves’ cant (Rotwelsch) Jauner, Joner (“gambler, cardsharp”), attested ca. 1500 alongside the verb jonen. Further usually derived from Yiddish יוון (Yoven/Yovon, “Greece”), from Hebrew יָוָן (yāwān), because Greeks were said to be skilful cardsharps (compare French Grec in this sense). The anlaut is due to hypercorrection based on the widespread Central German pronunciation of initial g- as /j/. The form was established by Lessing.