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Geiz.

stinginess, miserliness, closefistedness

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡaɪ̯t͡s/

  1. stinginess, miserliness, closefistedness

    masculine · no-plural · strong

  2. greed, avarice

    archaic · masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

From late Middle High German gīze (“greed”), a back-formation from Middle High German gīzen, gītsen (“greedy”), from Middle High German gīt (“greed”), from Old High German *gītisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn. Cognate with Luxembourgish Gäiz and Old English ġītsian (“to desire, long for”).

noun/ɡaɪ̯t͡s/

  1. sideshoot

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From late Middle High German gīze (“greed”), a back-formation from Middle High German gīzen, gītsen (“greedy”), from Middle High German gīt (“greed”), from Old High German *gītisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn. Cognate with Luxembourgish Gäiz and Old English ġītsian (“to desire, long for”).

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