geizen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gītesen, gīzen, from Old High German *gītisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn (“to be greedy for”). Equivalent to Geiz (“stinginess”) +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡaitsn̩] === Verb === geizen (weak, third-person singular present geizt, past tense geizte, past participle gegeizt, auxiliary haben) to be miserly, stingy to be sparing, to stint (archaic) to be greedy, avaricious ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== geizig Geiz === Further reading === “geizen” in Duden online “geizen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)