Ganeff
English
editEtymology
editDerived from Bulgarian Ганев (Ganev).
Proper noun
editGaneff (plural Ganeffs)
- A surname from Bulgarian.
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Yiddish גנבֿ (ganef), from Hebrew גַנָב (ganáv).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editGaneff m (strong, genitive Ganeffs, plural Ganeffe or Ganeffs)
- (slang, now Austria, else archaic) Alternative form of Ganove (“crook, gangster”)
- 2004 [1995], Feridun Zaimoğlu, Kanak Sprak, Rotbuch, →ISBN, page 16:
- Über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Monaten gelang es mir, das Spektrum weit zu öffnen: vom Müllabfuhr-Kanaken bis zum Kümmel-Transsexuellen, vom hehlenden Klein-Ganeff, dessen Geschenke ich nur mühsam zurückweisen konnte, bis zum goldbehängten Mädchenhändler, vom posenreichen Halbstarken bis zum mittelschweren Islamisten.
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Declension
editDeclension of Ganeff [masculine, strong]
Related terms
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Bulgarian Ганев (Ganev).
Proper noun
editGaneff m or f by sense
- a surname from Bulgarian
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