Masculino

Gauner

Significado (Inglés)

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

Frecuencia

C1
Dialectos

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

galgestrigg

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

galgevoogel

Datos proporcionados por: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/
Etimología (Inglés)

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.

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