Gauner
German, noun/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/
Gauner is spelled G-A-U-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gauner is a German masculine noun meaning “petty thief, crook, racketeer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person, die auf Kosten eines anderen versucht, sich durch Betrug einen Vorteil zu verschaffen, in dem…”.
What does Gauner mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinepetty thief, crook, racketeer
- 2
informalmasculinesly, cunning person
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Person, die auf Kosten eines anderen versucht, sich durch Betrug einen Vorteil zu verschaffen, in dem die Unwissenheit beziehungsweise Unaufmerksamkeit des anderen ausgenutzt wird 2. schlauer, durchtriebener Mensch
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 Gauner
- Gauners genitive
- Gaunerin feminine
- Gaunern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gauner?
- /ˈɡaʊ̯nər/
- [ˈɡaʊ̯.nɐ]
- [ˈɡaʊ̯nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gauner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gauner in German?
Gauner appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).