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Gauner

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(Inglês)

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

Freqüência

Basileia-Campo

galgestrigg

Basileia-Campo

galgevoogel

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/

Cognato com francês

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.