gretig

== Dutch == === Etymology === Perhaps from the root of gaarne (“with pleasure”) and geren (“to covet”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === gretig (comparative gretiger, superlative gretigst) eager keen ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gretigheid ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: greetig, griedig === Further reading === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gretig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute