Besitzgier
German, noun[bəˈzɪt͡sˌɡiːɐ̯]
Besitzgier is spelled B-E-S-I-T-Z-G-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besitzgier is a German feminine noun meaning “possessiveness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “starkes Verlangen nach materiellem Besitz”.
What does Besitzgier mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepossessiveness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. starkes Verlangen nach materiellem Besitz
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Besitzgier?
- [bəˈzɪt͡sˌɡiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Besitzgier in German?
Besitzgier appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).