Ganove

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Ganeff (dated, still sometimes Austria)

Etymology edit

19th-century backformation 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

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnoːvə/
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Noun edit

Ganove m (weak, genitive Ganoven, plural Ganoven, feminine Ganovin)

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

Declension edit

Declension of Ganove [masculine, weak]

	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