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
Translations
avarizia
avarice
avaricia
avaritia
cimrilik
inhaligheid vrekkigheidFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯t͡s/
Etymology
In summary
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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