Declension and comparison German adjective gierig

The declension of the adjective gierig (greedy, avaricious) uses these forms of the comparison gierig,gieriger,am gierigsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective gierig can be used both attributively in front of a noun as well as predicative in conjunction with a verb.One can not only inflect and compare gierig, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
gierig
comparative
gieriger
superlative
am gierigsten

A2 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

gierig

gierig · gieriger · am gierigsten

English greedy, avaricious, insatiable

/ˈɡiːʁɪç/ · /ˈɡiːʁɪç/ · /ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ/ · /ˈɡiːʁɪɡstən/

triebartig danach verlangend, etwas zu bekommen oder zu besitzen; begehrlich, habgierig, habsüchtig, raffgierig, unersättlich

» Ich bin gierig . English I'm greedy.

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The strong inflection of gierig without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. gieriger
Gen. gierigen
Dat. gierigem
Acc. gierigen

Feminine

Nom. gierige
Gen. gieriger
Dat. gieriger
Acc. gierige

Neutral

Nom. gieriges
Gen. gierigen
Dat. gierigem
Acc. gieriges

Plural

Nom. gierige
Gen. gieriger
Dat. gierigen
Acc. gierige
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Weak declension

The weak inflection of the adjective gierig with the definite article 'der' or with pronouns like 'dieser' and 'jener'

Masculine

Nom. dergierige
Gen. desgierigen
Dat. demgierigen
Acc. dengierigen

Feminine

Nom. diegierige
Gen. dergierigen
Dat. dergierigen
Acc. diegierige

Neutral

Nom. dasgierige
Gen. desgierigen
Dat. demgierigen
Acc. dasgierige

Plural

Nom. diegierigen
Gen. dergierigen
Dat. dengierigen
Acc. diegierigen
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Mixed declension

The mixed inflection of the adjective gierig with the indefinite article 'ein' or with pronouns like 'kein' and 'mein'

Masculine

Nom. eingieriger
Gen. einesgierigen
Dat. einemgierigen
Acc. einengierigen

Feminine

Nom. einegierige
Gen. einergierigen
Dat. einergierigen
Acc. einegierige

Neutral

Nom. eingieriges
Gen. einesgierigen
Dat. einemgierigen
Acc. eingieriges

Plural

Nom. keinegierigen
Gen. keinergierigen
Dat. keinengierigen
Acc. keinegierigen

Predicative use

Using gierig as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristgierig
Fem.sieistgierig
Neut.esistgierig

Plural

siesindgierig

Examples

Example sentences for gierig

  • Ich bin gierig . 
    English I'm greedy.
  • Tom ist nicht gierig . 
    English Tom isn't greedy.
  • Das sind sehr gierige Menschen. 
    English They are very greedy people.
  • Ich bin kein gieriger Mensch. 
    English I'm not a greedy person.
  • Sei nicht so gierig . 
    English Don't be so greedy.
  • Gierige Menschen wollen immer mehr Dinge haben. 
    English Greedy people always want more stuff.
  • Der hungrige Hund stürzte sich gierig auf das Essen. 
    English The hungry dog pounced greedily on the food.
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Translations

Translation of German gierig

German gierig
English greedy, avaricious, insatiable
Russian алчный, жадный
Spanish ávido, codicioso
French avide, gourmand
Turkish açgözlü, doyumsuz, hırslı
Portuguese ávido, cobiçoso, ganancioso
Italian avidamente, avido, bramoso
Romanian avar, avide, dornic, pofticios
Hungarian fakadó, kapzsi
Polish chciwy, żądny, pożądliwy, zachłanny, łapczywy
Greek απληστία
Dutch gierig, hebzuchtig
Czech chamtivý, chtivý, dychtivý, hladový, lačný, žádostivý
Swedish girig, begärlig, glupsk
Danish grådig
Japanese 欲深い, 貪欲な
Catalan cobejós, gafre
Finnish ahne
Norwegian grådig
Basque gosezale
Serbian pohlepan
Macedonian гладен, жеден
Slovenian pohlepno, željno
Slowakisch chamtivý, chtivý, dychtivý, hladný, lačný, žiadostivý
Bosnian pohlepan
Croatian pohlepan, žudnja
Ukrainian жадібний, прагнучий
Bulgarian алчен, жаден
Belorussian жадны
Indonesian rakus, serakah
Vietnamese hám của, tham lam
Uzbek ochko‘z
Hindi लालची, लोभी
Chinese 贪婪, 贪心
Thai ละโมบ, โลภ
Korean 욕심 많은, 탐욕스러운
Azerbaijani acgöz, tamahkar
Georgian ხარბი
Bengali লোভাতুর, লোভী
Albanian babëzitur, lakmitar
Marathi लालची, लोभी
Nepali लालची, लोभी
Telugu దురాశపర, లోభి
Latvian alkatīgs, mantkārīgs
Tamil பேராசைமிக்க, பேராசையான
Estonian ahne
Armenian ագահ
Kurdish xirsî
Hebrewתאב
Arabicطماع، جشع
Persianحریص، طمعکار
Urduحریص، لالچی

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Meanings and synonyms of gierig
  • triebartig danach verlangend, etwas zu bekommen oder zu besitzen, begehrlich, habgierig, habsüchtig, raffgierig, unersättlich
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Declension and comparison forms of gierig

Summary of all declination forms and forms of comparisons of the adjective gierig in all genera and cases

The declension and comparison of gierig as declination and comparison tables with all strong, weak and mixed forms. These become clear as tables in the singular and plural and in all four cases nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.

Comparison of adjectives gierig

positive gierig
comparative gieriger
superlative am gierigsten
  • positive: gierig
  • comparative: gieriger
  • superlative: am gierigsten

Strong declension gierig

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. gieriger gierige gieriges gierige
Gen. gierigen gieriger gierigen gieriger
Dat. gierigem gieriger gierigem gierigen
Acc. gierigen gierige gieriges gierige
  • Masculine: gieriger, gierigen, gierigem, gierigen
  • Feminine: gierige, gieriger, gieriger, gierige
  • Neutral: gieriges, gierigen, gierigem, gieriges
  • Plural: gierige, gieriger, gierigen, gierige

Weak declension gierig

  • Masculine: der gierige, des gierigen, dem gierigen, den gierigen
  • Feminine: die gierige, der gierigen, der gierigen, die gierige
  • Neutral: das gierige, des gierigen, dem gierigen, das gierige
  • Plural: die gierigen, der gierigen, den gierigen, die gierigen

Mixed declension gierig

  • Masculine: ein gieriger, eines gierigen, einem gierigen, einen gierigen
  • Feminine: eine gierige, einer gierigen, einer gierigen, eine gierige
  • Neutral: ein gieriges, eines gierigen, einem gierigen, ein gieriges
  • Plural: keine gierigen, keiner gierigen, keinen gierigen, keine gierigen

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