begierig
German, adjective/bəˈɡiːʁɪç/
begierig is spelled B-E-G-I-E-R-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Begierig is a German adjective meaning “eager, avid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von intensiven Wünschen erfüllt sein, begehren nach”.
What does begierig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eager, avid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von intensiven Wünschen erfüllt sein, begehren nach
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of begierig
- begieriger masculine nominative singular
- am begierigsten superlative
- begierige feminine nominative singular
- begieriges neuter nominative singular
- begierigen genitive masculine singular
- begierigem dative masculine singular
- der begierige definite includes-article masculine
- die begierige definite feminine includes-article
- das begierige definite includes-article neuter
- die begierigen definite includes-article nominative
- des begierigen definite genitive includes-article
- der begierigen definite feminine genitive
- dem begierigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce begierig?
- /bəˈɡiːʁɪç/
- /bəˈɡiːʁɪk/
- [bəˈɡiːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to begierig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is begierig in German?
begierig appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).