gier

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣiːr/
  • Hyphenation: gier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gir, gier, from Old Dutch *gīr, from Proto-Germanic *gīraz, related to *geraz (“greed, desire, coveting”).

Noun

gier m (plural gieren, diminutive giertje n)

  1. (zoology) vulture
  2. (by extension) monster, notably hellspawn
  3. (figuratively) human vulture, rapacious or predatory person
  4. (figuratively) consuming desire
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Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ghier, from Proto-Germanic *jēzō, a derivation from *jestuz (“fermentation”). The -r is a result of rhotacism.

Noun

gier m (plural gieren, diminutive giertje n)

  1. liquid manure, slurry
  2. any swill, hogwash
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Etymology 3

See the verb gieren (“to screech”), which is ultimately imitative.

Noun

gier m (plural gieren, diminutive giertje n)

  1. a scream

Etymology 4

From the verb gieren (“to veer back and forth, to yaw”).

Noun

gier m (plural gieren, diminutive giertje n)

  1. a (notably sharp and:or wide) sway, turn, swerve, notably by a vessel or vehicle
  2. (figuratively) a caprice, crazy/whimsical move

Etymology 5

From Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Noun

gier m

  1. a gyre, circular motion, notably in astronomy

Etymology 6

Verb

gier

  1. inflection of gieren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

German

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Verb

gier

  1. singular imperative of gieren

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡjɛr/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: gier

Noun

gier f

  1. genitive plural of gra
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