gangster

See also: Gangster, gángster, gângster, and Gängster

English

Etymology

circa 1895, gang +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/

Noun

gangster (plural gangsters, feminine gangsteress)

A member of a criminal or street gang.
A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.

Derived terms

Translations

street gang member

Afrikaans: rampokker (af)
Albanian: bandit (sq) m, gangster (sq) m
Arabic: سَارِق (ar) m (sāriq), عُضْو فِي عِصَابَة m (ʕuḍw fī ʕiṣāba), قاطِع الطَّرِيق m (qāṭiʕ aṭ-ṭarīq), رَجُل الْعِصَابَة m (rajul al-ʕiṣāba)
Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak), գանգստեր (hy) (gangster)
Azerbaijani: quldur, bandit
Belarusian: банды́т m (bandýt), разбо́йнік m (razbójnik), га́нгстар m (hánhstar), га́нгстэр m (hánhster)
Bulgarian: га́нгстер (bg) m (gángster), банди́т (bg) m (bandít)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 匪徒 (zh) (fěitú), 土匪 (zh) (tǔfěi)
Czech: zločinec (cs) m, gangster m, bandita (cs) m
Danish: gangster (da) c, bandemedlem n
Dutch: gangster (nl) m
Esperanto: gangstero
Estonian: gangster (et), bandiit
Finnish: jengiläinen (fi), gangsteri (fi)
French: gangster (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
Galician: delate m, delado, viltroteiro m, estrapexante m, bandido m
Georgian: ბანდიტი (bandiṭi), ავაზაკი (avazaḳi), განგსტერი (gangsṭeri), ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi)
German: Gangster (de) m, Bandit (de) m
Hebrew: גַּנְגְּסְטֶר m (gangster), פּוֹשֵׁעַ (he) m (poshé'a), עֲבַרְיָן (he) m (avaryán), בִּרְיוֹן (he) m (biryón)
Hungarian: gengszter (hu), bandita (hu)
Irish: drongadóir m
Italian: gangster (it) m or f, mafioso (it) m, delinquente (it) m, malvivente (it) m
Japanese: ギャングスター (gyangusutā), 匪徒 (ja) (ひと, hito), 山賊 (ja) (さんぞく, sanzoku)
Kazakh: бандит (bandit), қарақшы (qaraqşy), тонаушы (tonauşy)
Khmer: យូកូង (yuu koung)
Korean: 깡패 (ko) (kkangpae), 강도(强盜) (ko) (gangdo), 비적(匪賊) (ko) (bijeok), 폭력배(暴力輩) (ko) (pongnyeokbae)
Kyrgyz: бандит (ky) (bandit), кески (keski)
Latin: grassātor m
Latvian: bandīts m, gangsteris m
Lithuanian: banditas m, gangsteris m
Macedonian: разбојник m (razbojnik), гангстер m (gangster), банди́т m (bandít)
Malay: gengster
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дээрэмчин (mn) (deeremčin)
Norman: gangsteux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: banditt m, gangster m
Old English: hloþere m
Persian: راهزن (fa) (râhzan), خلافکار (fa) (xalâfkâr), اوباش (fa) (owbâš), اراذل (fa) (arâzel), گانگستر (fa) (gângester), گنگستر (gangester)
Polish: bandyta (pl) m, gangster (pl) m
Portuguese: gângster (pt) m
Romanian: bandit (ro) m
Russian: банди́т (ru) m (bandít), га́нгстер (ru) m (gángster), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра́збо̄јнӣк m, га̀нгстер m

Roman: rázbōjnīk (sh) m, gàngster (sh) m
Slovak: zločinec m, gangster m, bandita m
Slovene: gangster m, razbojnik m
Sotho: tsotsi
Spanish: gángster (es) m, pandillero (es) m, marero m, gánster m, bandido (es) m, alaraco (es)
Swahili: jangili (sw)
Swedish: gangster (sv) c, gängmedlem c
Tajik: ғоратгар (ġoratgar), яғмогар (tg) (yaġmogar), роҳзан (rohzan)
Thai: นักเลง (th) (nák-leeng), อันธพาล (th) (an-tá-paan)
Turkish: çeteci (tr), gangster (tr)
Turkmen: garakçy, bandit (tk)
Ukrainian: банди́т (uk) m (bandýt), розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk), га́нгстер (uk) m (hánhster)
Uyghur: باندىت (bandit), قاراقچى (qaraqchi)
Uzbek: bosmachi (uz), bandit (uz), qaroqchi (uz), bosqinchi (uz)
Yiddish: באַנדיט m (bandit)

Verb

gangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)

To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
IPA^(key):

Noun

gangster m anim (related adjective gangsterský)

gangster

Declension

Declension of gangster (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	gangster	gangsteři
genitive	gangstera	gangsterů
dative	gangsterovi, gangsteru	gangsterům
accusative	gangstera	gangstery
vocative	gangstere	gangsteři
locative	gangsterovi, gangsteru	gangsterech
instrumental	gangsterem	gangstery

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛŋ.stər/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: gang‧ster

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsters, diminutive gangstertje n)

gangster

Adjective

gangster (not comparable)

(slang) cool, awesome

Inflection

Inflection of gangster
uninflected	gangster
inflected	gangster
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		gangster
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gangster
	n. sing.	gangster
	plural	gangster
definite		gangster
partitive		gangsters

Estonian

Etymology

From English gangster.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ænɡ̊ster/, , /ˈɡ̊ɑnɡ̊ster/,
Rhymes: -ɑnɡster, -ænɡster
Hyphenation: gangs‧ter

Noun

gangster (genitive gangsteri, partitive gangsterit)

gangster (a member of an organized criminal gang)
Synonym: gängster

Declension

Declension of gangster (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		gangster	gangsterid
accusative	nom.	gangster
accusative	gen.	gangsteri
genitive		gangsteri	gangsterite
partitive		gangsterit	gangstereid
illative		gangsterisse	gangsteritesse gangstereisse
inessive		gangsteris	gangsterites gangstereis
elative		gangsterist	gangsteritest gangstereist
allative		gangsterile	gangsteritele gangstereile
adessive		gangsteril	gangsteritel gangstereil
ablative		gangsterilt	gangsteritelt gangstereilt
translative		gangsteriks	gangsteriteks gangstereiks
terminative		gangsterini	gangsteriteni
essive		gangsterina	gangsteritena
abessive		gangsterita	gangsteriteta
comitative		gangsteriga	gangsteritega

References

gangster in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
“gangster”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃ɡ.stɛʁ/
Audio (file)

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsters)

gangster

Descendants

→ Romanian: gangster

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gangster.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛn.ster/, /ˈɡan.ster/, /ˈɡɛnɡ.ster/, /ˈɡanɡ.ster/
Rhymes: -ɛnster, -anster, -ɛnɡster, -anɡster
Hyphenation: gàng‧ster

Noun

gangster m or f by sense (invariable)

gangster

Derived terms

References

^ gangster in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.kstɛr/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aŋkstɛr
Syllabification: gan‧gster

Noun

gangster m pers (female equivalent gangsterka)

gangster (gang member)

Declension

Declension of gangster

	singular	plural
nominative	gangster	gangsterzy/gangstery (deprecative)
genitive	gangstera	gangsterów
dative	gangsterowi	gangsterom
accusative	gangstera	gangsterów
instrumental	gangsterem	gangsterami
locative	gangsterze	gangsterach
vocative	gangsterze	gangsterzy

Derived terms

adjective

gangsterski

Related terms

nouns

Portuguese

Noun

gangster m or f by sense (plural gangsters)

Alternative spelling of gângster

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangster.

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsteri)

gangster

Declension

Declension of gangster

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gangster	gangsterul	(niște) gangsteri	gangsterii
genitive/dative	(unui) gangster	gangsterului	(unor) gangsteri	gangsterilor
vocative	gangsterule		gangsterilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡǎnɡster/
Hyphenation: gang‧ster

Noun

gàngster m (Cyrillic spelling га̀нгстер)

gangster

Declension

Declension of gangster

	singular	plural
nominative	gangster	gangsteri
genitive	gangstera	gangstera
dative	gangsteru	gangsterima
accusative	gangstera	gangstere
vocative	gangsteru	gangsteri
locative	gangsteru	gangsterima
instrumental	gangsterom	gangsterima

Spanish

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsteres)

Alternative spelling of gángster

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster. Attested since 1927.

Noun

gangster c

a gangster

Declension

Declension of gangster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gangster	gangstern	gangstrar	gangstrarna
Genitive	gangsters	gangsterns	gangstrars	gangstrarnas

Derived terms

gangsterrap

References

Turkish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English gangster).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɑŋˈstæɾ/, /ɡeŋˈstæɾ/
Rhymes: -æɾ

Noun

gangster (definite accusative gangsteri, plural gangsterler)

gangster

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

gangster

Definite accusative

gangsteri

Singular

Plural

Nominative

gangster

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	gangsterim	gangsterlerim
2nd singular	gangsterin	gangsterlerin
3rd singular	gangsteri	gangsterleri
1st plural	gangsterimiz	gangsterlerimiz
2nd plural	gangsteriniz	gangsterleriniz
3rd plural	gangsterleri	gangsterleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	gangsterimi	gangsterlerimi
2nd singular	gangsterini	gangsterlerini
3rd singular	gangsterini	gangsterlerini
1st plural	gangsterimizi	gangsterlerimizi
2nd plural	gangsterinizi	gangsterlerinizi
3rd plural	gangsterlerini	gangsterlerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	gangsterime	gangsterlerime
2nd singular	gangsterine	gangsterlerine
3rd singular	gangsterine	gangsterlerine
1st plural	gangsterimize	gangsterlerimize
2nd plural	gangsterinize	gangsterlerinize
3rd plural	gangsterlerine	gangsterlerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	gangsterimde	gangsterlerimde
2nd singular	gangsterinde	gangsterlerinde
3rd singular	gangsterinde	gangsterlerinde
1st plural	gangsterimizde	gangsterlerimizde
2nd plural	gangsterinizde	gangsterlerinizde
3rd plural	gangsterlerinde	gangsterlerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	gangsterimden	gangsterlerimden
2nd singular	gangsterinden	gangsterlerinden
3rd singular	gangsterinden	gangsterlerinden
1st plural	gangsterimizden	gangsterlerimizden
2nd plural	gangsterinizden	gangsterlerinizden
3rd plural	gangsterlerinden	gangsterlerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	gangsterimin	gangsterlerimin
2nd singular	gangsterinin	gangsterlerinin
3rd singular	gangsterinin	gangsterlerinin
1st plural	gangsterimizin	gangsterlerimizin
2nd plural	gangsterinizin	gangsterlerinizin
3rd plural	gangsterlerinin	gangsterlerinin

predicative forms of gangster

present tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I am)	gangsterim	gangster miyim?	gangster değilim	gangster değil miyim?
sen (you are)	gangstersin	gangster misin?	gangster değilsin	gangster değil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	gangster / gangsterdir	gangster mi?	gangster değil	gangster değil mi?
biz (we are)	gangsteriz	gangster miyiz?	gangster değiliz	gangster değil miyiz?
siz (you are)	gangstersiniz	gangster misiniz?	gangster değilsiniz	gangster değil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	gangster(ler)	gangster(ler) mi?	gangster değil(ler)	gangster değiller mi?
past tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	gangsterdim	gangster miydim?	gangster değildim	gangster değil miydim?
sen (you were)	gangsterdin	gangster miydin?	gangster değildin	gangster değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	gangsterdi	gangster miydi?	gangster değildi	gangster değil miydi?
biz (we were)	gangsterdik	gangster miydik?	gangster değildik	gangster değil miydik?
siz (you were)	gangsterdiniz	gangster miydiniz?	gangster değildiniz	gangster değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	gangsterdiler	gangster miydiler?	gangster değildi(ler) / değillerdi	gangster değil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	gangstermişim	gangster miymişim?	gangster değilmişim	gangster değil miymişim?
sen (you were)	gangstermişsin	gangster miymişsin?	gangster değilmişsin	gangster değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	gangstermiş	gangster miymiş?	gangster değilmiş	gangster değil miymiş?
biz (we were)	gangstermişiz	gangster miymişiz?	gangster değilmişiz	gangster değil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	gangstermişsiniz	gangster miymişsiniz?	gangster değilmişsiniz	gangster değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	gangstermişler	gangster miymişler?	gangster değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş	gangster değil miymişler?
conditional
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (if I)	gangstersem	gangster miysem?	gangster değilsem	gangster değil miysem?
sen (if you)	gangstersen	gangster miysen?	gangster değilsen	gangster değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	gangsterse	gangster miyse?	gangster değilse	gangster değil miyse?
biz (if we)	gangstersek	gangster miysek?	gangster değilsek	gangster değil miysek?
siz (if you)	gangsterseniz	gangster miyseniz?	gangster değilseniz	gangster değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	gangsterseler	gangster miyseler?	gangster değilseler / değillerse	gangster değil miyseler?

[1] ster in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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