neugierig
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of neu (“new”) + gierig (“greedy”), but originally neusgierig with an adverbial genitive. A Middle Low German formation that replaced older Middle High German niugerne. Compare Dutch nieuwsgierig and Norwegian Bokmål nysgjerrig.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnɔʏ̯ˌɡiːʁɪç/ (standard)
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /ˈnɔʏ̯ˌɡiːʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: neu‧gie‧rig
Adjective
[edit]neugierig (strong nominative masculine singular neugieriger, comparative neugieriger, superlative am neugierigsten)
- nosy, curious, inquisitive, prying [with auf (+ accusative)]
- neugierige Zuschauer. ― curious spectators.
Declension
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Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]neugierig
- inquisitively, full of curiosity
- neugierig zuschauen. ― to watch curiously.