gulzig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gulsich, from guls +‎ -ich, with guls probably from Old French golos, possibly influenced by Latin gulōsus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

gulzig (comparative gulziger, superlative gulzigst)

  1. eating excessively quickly and/or too much, very keen to eat, gluttonous
  2. inclined to take too much, being overly keen to get more, greedy, avaricious

Declension

Declension of gulzig
uninflected gulzig
inflected gulzige
comparative gulziger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial gulzig gulziger het gulzigst
het gulzigste
indefinite m./f. sing. gulzige gulzigere gulzigste
n. sing. gulzig gulziger gulzigste
plural gulzige gulzigere gulzigste
definite gulzige gulzigere gulzigste
partitive gulzigs gulzigers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: glos

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gulzig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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