geldgierig
German, adjective[ˈɡɛltˌɡiːrɪç]
geldgierig is spelled G-E-L-D-G-I-E-R-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geldgierig is a German adjective meaning “greedy for money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gierig nach Geld”.
What does geldgierig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
greedy for money
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gierig nach Geld
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 geldgierig
- geldgieriger masculine nominative singular
- am geldgierigsten superlative
- geldgierige feminine nominative singular
- geldgieriges neuter nominative singular
- geldgierigen genitive masculine singular
- geldgierigem dative masculine singular
- der geldgierige definite includes-article masculine
- die geldgierige definite feminine includes-article
- das geldgierige definite includes-article neuter
- die geldgierigen definite includes-article nominative
- des geldgierigen definite genitive includes-article
- der geldgierigen definite feminine genitive
- dem geldgierigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geldgierig?
- [ˈɡɛltˌɡiːrɪç]
- [-ˌɡiːrɪk]
- [ˈɡɛltˌɡiːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geldgierig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geldgierig in German?
geldgierig appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).