gierig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avaricious adj Extremely greedy for money or possessions.
- avid adj Extremely enthusiastic and eager about something.
- avidly adv Eagerly and with great enthusiasm.
- covetous adj Wanting something that belongs to someone else, in a greedy way.
- eager adj Keen and enthusiastic to do or have something.
- gluttonous adj Eating too much food, or inclined to overeat.
- grasping adj Greedy and overly eager for money or possessions.
- greedy adj Wanting or taking more than one needs, especially money, food, or power.
- hungry adjective Feeling the need or desire to eat.
- miserly adj Unwilling to spend money even when it would be reasonable to.
- stingy adj Unwilling to spend, give, or share; miserly.
- voracious adj Eating, or wanting to eat, huge amounts of food.
Senses
gierig is used for these senses in English:
- avaricious Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
- avid Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
- avidly In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
- covetous Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
- eager (comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- gluttonous Greedy.
- grasping Greedy, eager for wealth.
- greedily In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
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