Ganove
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German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Ganeff (dated, still sometimes Austria)
Etymology[edit]
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).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Ganove m (weak, genitive Ganoven, plural Ganoven, feminine Ganovin)
- (informal, derogatory) thief, fraudster, member of the criminal underworld
Declension[edit]
Declension of Ganove [masculine, weak]
Further reading[edit]
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