"gierig" meaning in Dutch

See gierig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɣiː.rəx/ Audio: Nl-gierig.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Dutch gireg, from Old Dutch gireg, from Proto-West Germanic *gerag, *girīg, from Proto-Germanic *gerugaz, equivalent to gier (“eager”) + -ig. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|gireg}} Middle Dutch gireg, {{inh|nl|odt|gireg}} Old Dutch gireg, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*gerag}} Proto-West Germanic *gerag, {{m|gmw-pro|*girīg}} *girīg, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*gerugaz}} Proto-Germanic *gerugaz, {{suf|nl|gier|ig|t1=eager}} gier (“eager”) + -ig Head templates: {{nl-adj}} gierig (comparative gieriger, superlative gierigst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: gieriger [comparative], gierigst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gierig [adverbial, positive, predicative], gieriger [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het gierigst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het gierigste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], gierige [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], gierigere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], gierigste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], gierig [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], gieriger [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], gierigste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], gierige [indefinite, plural, positive], gierigere [comparative, indefinite, plural], gierigste [indefinite, plural, superlative], gierige [definite, positive], gierigere [comparative, definite], gierigste [definite, superlative], gierigs [partitive, positive], gierigers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. desirous, covetous
    Sense id: en-gierig-nl-adj-H4GpXBDs Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -ig Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -ig: 48 52
  2. greedy, stingy, miserly
    Sense id: en-gierig-nl-adj-bFQ1nkmV Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -ig Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -ig: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aartsgierig, bloedgierig, geldgierig, gierigaard, gierigheid, nieuwsgierig

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gierig meaning in Dutch (5.0kB)

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