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gierig.

greedy

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɡiːʁɪç/Germany/ˈɡiːʁɪk/Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland

  1. greedy

  2. eager

Where this word comes from

From Middle High German giric, girich, from Old High German girīg, gerag, from Proto-West Germanic *girīg, *gerag, from Proto-Germanic *girigaz, *geragaz, later variants of *gerugaz. By surface analysis, Gier + -ig.

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