geizig
German, adjective/ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/
geizig is spelled G-E-I-Z-I-G (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geizig is a German adjective meaning “ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr sparsam; nicht bereit, Geld auszugeben; sehr auf den Preis achtend; seine materiellen Werte zurückhaltend”.
What does geizig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ungenerous; stingy; cheap (greedy to keep one’s own for oneself; unwilling to share)
- 2
miserly; closefisted (unwilling to spend one’s money; excessively economical)
- 3
archaicgreedy; avaricious; rapacious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr sparsam; nicht bereit, Geld auszugeben; sehr auf den Preis achtend; seine materiellen Werte zurückhaltend
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 geizig
- geiziger masculine nominative singular
- am geizigsten superlative
- geizige feminine nominative singular
- geiziges neuter nominative singular
- geizigen genitive masculine singular
- geizigem dative masculine singular
- der geizige definite includes-article masculine
- die geizige definite feminine includes-article
- das geizige definite includes-article neuter
- die geizigen definite includes-article nominative
- des geizigen definite genitive includes-article
- der geizigen definite feminine genitive
- dem geizigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geizig?
- /ɡaɪ̯tsɪç/
- /ɡaɪ̯tsɪk/
- [ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geizig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geizig in German?
geizig appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).