gulzig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gulsich, from guls +‎ -ich, with guls probably from Old French golos, possibly influenced by Latin gulōsus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

gulzig (comparative gulziger, superlative gulzigst)

  1. greedy, avaricious

Declension

Declension of gulzig
uninflected gulzig
inflected gulzige
comparative gulziger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gulzig gulziger het gulzigst
het gulzigste
indefinite m./f. sing. gulzige gulzigere gulzigste
n. sing. gulzig gulziger gulzigste
plural gulzige gulzigere gulzigste
definite gulzige gulzigere gulzigste
partitive gulzigs gulzigers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: glos

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gulzig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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