Masculine
Geiz
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) meanness, miserliness, stinginess
- (archaic,masculine,strong) greed, avarice
Concepts
closefistedness
insistent
Synonyms
Knauserigkeit
Knickerigkeit
Knausrigkeit
Geiziger
einen Igel in der Tasche haben
Pfennigfuchserei
Drückebergerei
Durchtriebenheit
Gefräßigkeit
Gierigkeit
Raubgier
Unbarmherzigkeit
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯t͡s/
Etymology
From late Middle High German gīze (“greed”), a back-formation from Middle High German gīzen, gītsen (“greedy”), from Middle High German gīt (“greed”), from Old High German *gītisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn. Cognate with Luxembourgish Gäiz and Old English ġītsian (“to desire, long for”).
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