Masculine
Ganove
Meaning
thief, fraudster, member of the criminal underworld, ganef
Concepts
Synonyms
Rechtsbrecher
Schwerverbrecher
Geächteter
Bambulenfürst
Nepper
Pistolero
Geächtete
Translations
matón
criminel
dolandırıcı
furfanteFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaˈnoːvə/
Etymology
19th-century back-formation from the plural Ganoven, from Yiddish גנבֿים (ganóvim), itself plural of גנבֿ (gánev, “thief”), whence the dated German form above. Further from Hebrew גַּנָּב (gannāv).
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