geizig

(Inglês)

  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

Freqüência

C2
Dialetos

Argóvia

Argóvia

gnäperig

Argóvia

Argóvia

gniepig

Basileia-Campo

Basileia-Campo

gyzig

São Galo

São Galo

iitressiart

São Galo

São Galo

klùppig

Dados fornecidos por: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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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