Polyglot Dictionary

Gauner

/ˈɡaʊnɐ/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gauner

Meaning

  1. crook, con artist, trickster

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does Gauner mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ stahl ihr die Handtasche.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gauner?

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