begerig
Dutch
Etymology
From begeren (“to covet”) + -ig (adjectival ending).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɣeːrəx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧ge‧rig
Adjective
begerig (comparative begeriger, superlative begerigst)
Declension
| Declension of begerig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | begerig | |||
| inflected | begerige | |||
| comparative | begeriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | begerig | begeriger | het begerigst het begerigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | begerige | begerigere | begerigste |
| n. sing. | begerig | begeriger | begerigste | |
| plural | begerige | begerigere | begerigste | |
| definite | begerige | begerigere | begerigste | |
| partitive | begerigs | begerigers | — | |
Derived terms
- begerigheid f (“avariciousness, covetousness”)