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gierig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cheap adj Costing little money.
  • niggardly adj Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
  • parsimonious adj Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
  • sordid adj Morally low, distasteful, or shameful; involving dishonesty or vice.
  • stingy adj Unwilling to spend, give, or share; miserly.

Senses

gierig is used for these senses in English:

  • cheap (informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
  • niggardly Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
  • parsimonious Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal, possibly to excess.
  • sordid Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
  • stingy Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

cheap — full definition

  1. adj Costing little money.
  2. adj Of poor quality, as if made to save money rather than to last.
  3. adj Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
  4. adj Achieved through unfair or underhanded means.

niggardly — full definition

  1. adj Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
  2. adj Conceding few runs (of a bowler).

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