geizen
German, verb
geizen is spelled G-E-I-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geizen is a German verb meaning “to be miserly, stingy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Geizen is a different word: “dative plural of Geiz”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in übertriebener, unangemessener Weise sparen, geizig mit etwas sein”.
What does geizen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be miserly, stingy
- 2
to be sparing, to stint
- 3
archaicto be greedy, avaricious
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Geiz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in übertriebener, unangemessener Weise sparen, geizig mit etwas sein 2. sich etwas intensiv wünschen 3. Nebentriebe entfernen, die das Wachstum des Haupttriebes behindern
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 geizen
- geizt present singular third-person
- geizte past
- gegeizt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- geizend participle present
- geize first-person indicative present
- geizest second-person singular subjunctive
- geizet plural second-person subjunctive
- geizten first-person indicative plural
- geiztest indicative preterite second-person
- geiztet indicative plural preterite
- geiz imperative second-person singular
- habe gegeizt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gegeizt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- geize! imperative singular
- geiz! imperative singular
- geizt! imperative plural
- gegeizt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to geizen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geizen in German?
geizen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).