geizig

(Engels)

  1. ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share)
  2. miserly; closefisted (unwilling to spend one’s money; excessively economical)
  3. (archaic) greedy; avaricious; rapacious

Frekwensie

C2
Dialekte

Kanton Aargau

Kanton Aargau

gnäperig

Kanton Aargau

Kanton Aargau

gniepig

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

gyzig

Kanton St. Gallen

Kanton St. Gallen

iitressiart

Kanton St. Gallen

Kanton St. Gallen

klùppig

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Alteration (due to German Geiz) of Middle High German gītic, gītich, gītec, from Old High German gītag, equivalent to Geiz + -ig. Doublet of geitig.

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