geizig

== German == === Etymology === Alteration (due to German Geiz) of Middle High German gītic, gītich, gītec, from Old High German gītag, equivalent to Geiz +‎ -ig. Doublet of geitig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯tsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: gei‧zig === Adjective === geizig (strong nominative masculine singular geiziger, comparative geiziger, superlative am geizigsten) ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share) miserly; closefisted (unwilling to spend one’s money; excessively economical) (archaic) greedy; avaricious; rapacious ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (ungenerous): unfreigiebig; schrappig (regional) (miserly): knauserig; (übermäßig) sparsam ==== Related terms ==== ehrgeizig Geiz === Further reading === “geizig” in Duden online “geizig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache