gierig

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gireg, from Old Dutch gireg, from Proto-West Germanic *gerag, *girīg, from Proto-Germanic *gerugaz, equivalent to gier (“eager”) +‎ -ig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣiː.rəx/ Hyphenation: gie‧rig === Adjective === gierig (comparative gieriger, superlative gierigst) desirous, covetous greedy, stingy, miserly ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Berbice Creole Dutch: giri Petjo: gier'g, girig, gieriek == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German giric, girich, from Old High German girīg, gerag, from Proto-West Germanic *girīg, *gerag, from Proto-Germanic *girigaz, *geragaz, later variants of *gerugaz. By surface analysis, Gier +‎ -ig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡiːʁɪç/ (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈɡiːʁɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Rhymes: -iːʁɪç, -iːʁik Hyphenation: gie‧rig === Adjective === gierig (strong nominative masculine singular gieriger, comparative gieriger, superlative am gierigsten) greedy eager ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Gier habgierig Habgier neugierig Neugier === Further reading === “gierig” in Duden online “gierig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)