"Gauner" meaning in German

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      "word": "Gaunerei"
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      "word": "gaunern"
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  "etymology_text": "From thieves’ cant (Rotwelsch) Jauner, Joner (“gambler, cardsharp”), attested ca. 1500 alongside the verb jonen. Further usually derived from Yiddish יוון (Yoven/Yovon, “Greece”), from Hebrew יָוָן (yāwān), because Greeks were said to be skilful cardsharps (compare French Grec in this sense). The anlaut is due to hypercorrection based on the widespread Central German pronunciation of initial g- as /j/. The form was established by Lessing.",
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      "form": "Gauners",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gauner",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gaunerin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gauner",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "Gauner",
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        "singular"
      ]
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Betrüger"
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      "glosses": [
        "petty thief, crook, racketeer"
      ],
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          "crook",
          "crook"
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          "racketeer"
        ]
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        "(informal) petty thief, crook, racketeer"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Ganove"
        },
        {
          "word": "Halunke"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kleinkrimineller"
        }
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      ],
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        "sly, cunning person"
      ],
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      ],
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          "word": "Schlitzohr"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schlawiner"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡaʊ̯.nɐ]"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "Gauner"
}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Hebrew",
    "German terms derived from Yiddish",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Gaunerei"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaunern"
    },
    {
      "word": "ergaunern"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "Gauner",
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      "form": "Gaunerin",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "Kleinkrimineller"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/"
    },
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