gretig
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from the root of gaarne (“with pleasure”) and geren (“to covet”).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
gretig (comparative gretiger, superlative gretigst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of gretig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gretig | |||
| inflected | gretige | |||
| comparative | gretiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gretig | gretiger | het gretigst het gretigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gretige | gretigere | gretigste |
| n. sing. | gretig | gretiger | gretigste | |
| plural | gretige | gretigere | gretigste | |
| definite | gretige | gretigere | gretigste | |
| partitive | gretigs | gretigers | — | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gretig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute