gierig
German, adjective/ˈɡiːʁɪç/
gierig is spelled G-I-E-R-I-G (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gierig is a German adjective meaning “greedy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “triebartig danach verlangend, etwas zu bekommen oder zu besitzen”.
What does gierig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
greedy
- 2
eager
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. triebartig danach verlangend, etwas zu bekommen oder zu besitzen
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 gierig
- gieriger masculine nominative singular
- am gierigsten superlative
- gierige feminine nominative singular
- gieriges neuter nominative singular
- gierigen genitive masculine singular
- gierigem dative masculine singular
- der gierige definite includes-article masculine
- die gierige definite feminine includes-article
- das gierige definite includes-article neuter
- die gierigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gierigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gierigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gierigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gierig?
- Germany /ˈɡiːʁɪç/
- Austria /ˈɡiːʁɪk/
- [ˈɡiːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gierig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gierig in German?
gierig appears 2.6 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).