Ganove
German, noun/ɡaˈnoːvə/
Ganove is spelled G-A-N-O-V-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganove is a German masculine noun meaning “thief, fraudster, member of the criminal underworld, ganef” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der andere betrügt und/oder schwere Straftaten begeht; jemand, der der Unterwelt angehört”.
What does Ganove mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculinethief, fraudster, member of the criminal underworld, ganef
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der andere betrügt und/oder schwere Straftaten begeht; jemand, der der Unterwelt angehört
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ganove
- Ganoven genitive
- Ganovin feminine
- Ganeff alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ganove?
- /ɡaˈnoːvə/
- [ɡaˈnoːvə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ganove
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ganove in German?
Ganove appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).