neugierig

Bedeutung

Adj

nosy, curious, inquisitive, prying

Adv

inquisitively, full of curiosity

Mit Bindestrich als

neu‧gie‧rig

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈnɔʏ̯ˌɡiːʁɪç/

Etymologie

Compound of neu (“new”) + gierig (“greedy”), but originally neusgierig with an adverbial genitive. A Middle Low German formation that replaced older Middle High German niugerne. Compare Dutch nieuwsgierig and Norwegian Bokmål nysgjerrig.