geizig
Meaning
- ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share)
- miserly; closefisted (unwilling to spend one’s money; excessively economical)
- (archaic) greedy; avaricious; rapacious
Concepts
avidiously
Synonyms
knausrig
von niedriger Gesinnung
gnesig
dünn wie ein Nagel
päderast
kniepig
schrappig
sitzt auf seinem Geld
avarus
de avere
désirer
skelettartig
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
gnäperig
Aargau
gniepig
Basel-Landschaft
gyzig
St. Gallen
iitressiart
St. Gallen
klùppig
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
gei‧zig
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/
Etymology
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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