nieuwsgier
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of nieuwsgierig. Equivalent to nieuws (“news”) + gier (“greedy”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nieuwsgier (not comparable)
- (archaic) curious, inquisitive
- Synonym: nieuwsgierig
Inflection edit
| Inflection of nieuwsgier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nieuwsgier | |||
| inflected | nieuwsgiere | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | nieuwsgier | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | nieuwsgiere | ||
| n. sing. | nieuwsgier | |||
| plural | nieuwsgiere | |||
| definite | nieuwsgiere | |||
| partitive | nieuwsgiers | |||