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English
Etymology
Derived from Bulgarian Ганев (Ganev).
Proper noun
Ganeff (plural Ganeffs)
- A surname from Bulgarian.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish גנבֿ (ganef), from Hebrew גַנָב (ganáv).
Pronunciation
Noun
Ganeff m (strong, genitive Ganeffs, plural Ganeffe or Ganeffs)
- (slang, now Austria, else archaic) Alternative form of Ganove (“crook, gangster”)
2004 [1995], Feridun Zaimoğlu, Kanak Sprak, Rotbuch, →ISBN, page 16:Über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Monaten gelang es mir, das Spektrum weit zu öffnen: vom Müllabfuhr-Kanaken bis zum Kümmel-Transsexuellen, vom hehlenden Klein-Ganeff, dessen Geschenke ich nur mühsam zurückweisen konnte, bis zum goldbehängten Mädchenhändler, vom posenreichen Halbstarken bis zum mittelschweren Islamisten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian Ганев (Ganev).
Proper noun
Ganeff m or f by sense
- a surname from Bulgarian