Ganove
[ɡaˈnoːvə]
The verdict
“Ganove” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der andere betrügt und/oder schwere Straftaten begeht; jemand, der der Unterwelt angehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-ganove · Ganove · German
Ganove · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ganove |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaˈnoːvə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ganove“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ganove is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaˈnoːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der andere betrügt und/oder schwere Straftaten begeht; jemand, der der Unterwelt angehört".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ganove in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ganove, spelled G-A-N-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1jemand, der andere betrügt und/oder schwere Straftaten begeht; jemand, der der Unterwelt angehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ganove appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Reichen trennen sich von ihren Luxuskarossen, um keine weithin sichtbare Zielscheibe für die Ganoven zu geben, die sich neuerdings auf "Blitzentführungen" spezialisiert haben.“
„Der Streit, der sich in den letzten Tagen auf beiden Seiten in einer nicht mehr sehr diplomatischen Wortwahl artikuliert hat, handelt im Grunde davon, wer ein Ganove ist und wer nicht, und wer den Ganoven hilft und wer nicht.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.