Habgier

/ˈhaːpˌɡiːɐ̯/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. greed

    Built from haben (have) + Gier (greed).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • haben have
  • Gier greed

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

cobiça

cobiça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

Portuguese

ganância

ganância is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

Practice

1 What does Habgier mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ zerstörte ihn.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Habgier?

nouncompound

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