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
Declension
[edit]| Declension 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 | |||