geizig
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration (due to German Geiz) of Middle High German gītic, gītich, gītec, from Old High German gītag, equivalent to Geiz + -ig. Doublet of geitig.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/ (standard)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /ɡaɪ̯tsɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gei‧zig
Adjective
[edit]geizig (strong nominative masculine singular geiziger, comparative geiziger, superlative am geizigsten)
- ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share)
- miserly; closefisted (unwilling to spend one’s money; excessively economical)
- (archaic) greedy; avaricious; rapacious
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of geizig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist geizig | sie ist geizig | es ist geizig | sie sind geizig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | geiziger | geizige | geiziges | geizige |
genitive | geizigen | geiziger | geizigen | geiziger | |
dative | geizigem | geiziger | geizigem | geizigen | |
accusative | geizigen | geizige | geiziges | geizige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der geizige | die geizige | das geizige | die geizigen |
genitive | des geizigen | der geizigen | des geizigen | der geizigen | |
dative | dem geizigen | der geizigen | dem geizigen | den geizigen | |
accusative | den geizigen | die geizige | das geizige | die geizigen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein geiziger | eine geizige | ein geiziges | (keine) geizigen |
genitive | eines geizigen | einer geizigen | eines geizigen | (keiner) geizigen | |
dative | einem geizigen | einer geizigen | einem geizigen | (keinen) geizigen | |
accusative | einen geizigen | eine geizige | ein geiziges | (keine) geizigen |
Comparative forms of geizig
Superlative forms of geizig
Synonyms
[edit]- (ungenerous): unfreigiebig; schrappig (regional)
- (miserly): knauserig; (übermäßig) sparsam
Related terms
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