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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣiː.rə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gie‧ren
  • Rhymes: -irən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch ghieren. Cognate with Middle Low German gīren, whence German gieren. Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Verb

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gieren

  1. (intransitive) To screech, to shriek
  2. (intransitive) To roar with laughter, to laugh loudly.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of gieren (weak)
infinitive gieren
past singular gierde
past participle gegierd
infinitive gieren
gerund gieren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gier gierde
2nd person sing. (jij) giert, gier2 gierde
2nd person sing. (u) giert gierde
2nd person sing. (gij) giert gierde
3rd person singular giert gierde
plural gieren gierden
subjunctive sing.1 giere gierde
subjunctive plur.1 gieren gierden
imperative sing. gier
imperative plur.1 giert
participles gierend gegierd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From gier (liquid manure) +‎ -en.

Verb

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gieren

  1. (agriculture, intransitive) to fertilise land with slurry, to spread liquid manure
Conjugation
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Conjugation of gieren (weak)
infinitive gieren
past singular gierde
past participle gegierd
infinitive gieren
gerund gieren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gier gierde
2nd person sing. (jij) giert, gier2 gierde
2nd person sing. (u) giert gierde
2nd person sing. (gij) giert gierde
3rd person singular giert gierde
plural gieren gierden
subjunctive sing.1 giere gierde
subjunctive plur.1 gieren gierden
imperative sing. gier
imperative plur.1 giert
participles gierend gegierd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Of unclear origin. Possibly extended from Etymology 1 above meaning "to screech" as in "make a loud noise."

Verb

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gieren

  1. (nautical) to yaw
Conjugation
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Conjugation of gieren (weak)
infinitive gieren
past singular gierde
past participle gegierd
infinitive gieren
gerund gieren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gier gierde
2nd person sing. (jij) giert, gier2 gierde
2nd person sing. (u) giert gierde
2nd person sing. (gij) giert gierde
3rd person singular giert gierde
plural gieren gierden
subjunctive sing.1 giere gierde
subjunctive plur.1 gieren gierden
imperative sing. gier
imperative plur.1 giert
participles gierend gegierd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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gieren

  1. plural of gier

Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiːrən/, [ˈɡiːʁən], [ˈɡiː.ɐn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gie‧ren

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German or Middle Low German gīren (to open one’s jaws, gape, scream), from Proto-Germanic *gīran- and ultimately imitative.

Cognate with Dutch gieren (to scream). Related also with German Geier (vulture) and gähnen, English yawn. In standard German, the word has always been associated with unrelated Gier (greed, lust) and is typically regarded a derivative thereof. Also compare English jeer, which could be a borrowing.

Verb

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gieren (weak, third-person singular present giert, past tense gierte, past participle gegiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to desire greedily, to lust for [with nach]
  2. (possibly dated) to open one’s jaws so as to snap
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch gieren, which is possibly the same word as that mentioned under etymology 1, with a semantic development “to scream, squeak” → “to make a repeated squeaking movement”. Alternatively from Dutch geren, also gieren (to be askew), from geer (asymmetric piece of land).

Verb

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gieren (weak, third-person singular present giert, past tense gierte, past participle gegiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical, aviation) to yaw
Conjugation
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Further reading

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  • gieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gieren” in Duden online