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gopnik

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡoʊpnɪk/

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

In Russia, Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries, a member of a subculture of young people of lower-class low-income backgrounds, mostly millennials, who usually live in the Russian suburbs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian го́пник (gópnik).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գոպնիկ (gopnik) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Belarusian: го́пнік (hópnik) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Belarusian: го́пніца (hópnica) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • French: gopnik — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Georgian: გოფნიკი (gopniḳi) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Russian: го́пник (gópnik) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Russian: го́пница (gópnica) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: dizèlāš /дизѐла̄ш — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: gàser /га̀сер — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Swedish: gopnik — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Swedish: Adidasriddare — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Ukrainian: го́пник (hópnyk) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries
  • Ukrainian: го́пниця (hópnycja) — (pejorative) a member of a subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries