geizig

Meaning

  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

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

gnäperig

Aargau

Aargau

gniepig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gyzig

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

iitressiart

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

klùppig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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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