gier
Meaning
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- (masculine) vulture
- (broadly, masculine) monster, notably hellspawn
- (figuratively, masculine) human vulture, rapacious or predatory person
- (figuratively, masculine) consuming desire
Concepts
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣiːr/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gir, gier, from Old Dutch *gīr, from Proto-Germanic *gīraz, related to *geraz (“greed, desire, coveting”).
New
gieren
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- (intransitive) to screech, to shriek
- (intransitive) to roar with laughter, to laugh loudly
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