Ganove

German

Etymology

A back-formation from Yiddish גנבֿים‎ (ganovim), the plural of גנבֿ‎ (ganef, “thief”), in turn from Hebrew גַנָב‎‎ (ganáv).

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Noun

Ganove m (genitive Ganoven, plural Ganoven)

(slang) thief, fraudster, member of the criminal underworld

Declension

Declension of Ganove

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ganove	die	Ganoven
genitive	eines	des	Ganoven	der	Ganoven
dative	einem	dem	Ganoven	den	Ganoven
accusative	einen	den	Ganoven	die	Ganoven

Synonyms

Ganeff (Austria)

Related terms

genffen

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