Geiz

== German == === Etymology === From late Middle High German gīze (“greed”), a back-formation from Middle High German gīzen, gītsen (“greedy”), from Middle High German gīt (“greed”), from Old High German *gītisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn. Cognate with Luxembourgish Gäiz and Old English ġītsian (“to desire, long for”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯t͡s/ === Noun === Geiz m (strong, genitive Geizes, plural Geize) meanness, miserliness, stinginess (archaic) greed, avarice ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== geizig geizen === Further reading === “Geiz” in Duden online “Geiz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German Geiz. === Noun === Geiz m avarice