gierig

Meaning

  1. desirous, covetous
  2. greedy, stingy, miserly

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
gie‧rig
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣiː.rəx/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch gireg, from Old Dutch gireg, from Proto-West Germanic *gerag, *girīg, from Proto-Germanic *gerugaz, equivalent to gier (“eager”) + -ig.

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