gier

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) vulture
2. (broadly, masculine) monster, notably hellspawn
3. (figuratively, masculine) human vulture, rapacious or predatory person
4. (figuratively, masculine) consuming desire

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of gieren:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of gieren:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of gieren:

gieren

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

vulture

muck-water

stale

turn

liquid manure

griffon-vulture

gear

⚙️

manure

black vulture

Synonyms

aal

aalt

aasgier

beer

🐻

mannetjesvarken

steunbeer

stroper

Translations

vautour

Geier

buitre

abutre

voltor

akbaba

purin

Gyps

Wende

voltor

Wendung

vultur

grifone

Jauche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣiːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: gir

Inherited from Old Dutch: *gīr

Inherited from Middle Dutch: ghier

In summary

From Middle Dutch gir, gier, from Old Dutch *gīr, from Proto-Germanic *gīraz, related to *geraz (“greed, desire, coveting”).