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Gauner

Gauner

See also: gauner

German

Noun

Gauner m ‎(genitive Gauners, plural Gauner, feminine Gaunerin)

  1. crook (criminal)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Gaunerei

See also

gauner

gauner

See also: Gauner

Czech

Noun

gauner m

  1. (informal) A crook, rascal, rogue, scoundrel.

Synonyms

Etymology

Attested from the 16th century; with East Middle German g- for the j- sound of older Joner, which in the 15th century meant "(wrong) player"; related to the verb junen ‎(“to play wrong”); Joner probably originally meant "Greek" and came from West Yiddish יוון ‎(Yovon, “Greece”), יווןער ‎(yevoner, “Greek, Ionian”), which in turn stems from the Hebrew יָוָן ‎(yaván, “Greece”). The exact origin is unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaʊ̯nɐ]

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