"begerig" meaning in All languages combined

See begerig on Wiktionary

Adjective [Nederlands]

Audio: nl-begerig.ogg Forms: begeriger [uninflected, comparative], begerigst [uninflected, superlative], begerige [inflected, positive], begerigere [inflected, comparative], begerigste [inflected, superlative], begerigs [partitive, positive], begerigers [partitive, comparative]
  1. vol verlanging iets te verkrijgen waar men vaak geen recht op heeft
    Sense id: nl-begerig-nl-adj-doDfOaMt
  2. schade veroorzakend verlangen
    Sense id: nl-begerig-nl-adj-dxz3Rku5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: belust, gretig, happig, verlekkerd Translations (vol verlanging iets te verkrijgen waar men vaak geen recht op heeft): desirous (Engels), ávido (Spaans)

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Bijvoeglijk naamwoord in het Nederlands",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Ontbrekend geluid",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Retrograad van het Nederlands",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Nederlands",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Nederlands met audioweergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Nederlands van lengte 7",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Naamwoord van handeling van begeren met het achtervoegsel -ig"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begeriger",
      "tags": [
        "uninflected",
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigst",
      "tags": [
        "uninflected",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerige",
      "tags": [
        "inflected",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigere",
      "tags": [
        "inflected",
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigste",
      "tags": [
        "inflected",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigs",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigers",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "be·ge·rig",
  "lang": "Nederlands",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
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  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Zij wierpen begerige blikken op het vele geld dat over de toonbank ging."
        }
      ],
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        "vol verlanging iets te verkrijgen waar men vaak geen recht op heeft"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hij was zo begerig naar de nieuwste computer dat hij zijn vriendinnetje en zijn baan verloor."
        }
      ],
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        "schade veroorzakend verlangen"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "belust"
    },
    {
      "word": "gretig"
    },
    {
      "word": "happig"
    },
    {
      "word": "verlekkerd"
    }
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "sense_index": 1,
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "begerig"
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    "Ontbrekend geluid",
    "Retrograad van het Nederlands",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Nederlands van lengte 7"
  ],
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    "Naamwoord van handeling van begeren met het achtervoegsel -ig"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "begeriger",
      "tags": [
        "uninflected",
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigst",
      "tags": [
        "uninflected",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerige",
      "tags": [
        "inflected",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigere",
      "tags": [
        "inflected",
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigste",
      "tags": [
        "inflected",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigs",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begerigers",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Bijvoeglijk naamwoord",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Zij wierpen begerige blikken op het vele geld dat over de toonbank ging."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vol verlanging iets te verkrijgen waar men vaak geen recht op heeft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hij was zo begerig naar de nieuwste computer dat hij zijn vriendinnetje en zijn baan verloor."
        }
      ],
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        "schade veroorzakend verlangen"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "belust"
    },
    {
      "word": "gretig"
    },
    {
      "word": "happig"
    },
    {
      "word": "verlekkerd"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Engels",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "vol verlanging iets te verkrijgen waar men vaak geen recht op heeft",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "desirous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spaans",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "vol verlanging iets te verkrijgen waar men vaak geen recht op heeft",
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "ávido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "begerig"
}

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