nieuwsgier
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌniu̯ˈsxiːr/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) curious, inquisitive
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish nieuws (news) + Dutch, Flemish gier (vulture, desire, greedy, liquid manure, eager).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
gier
Gloss
vulture, desire, greedy, liquid manure, eager
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aasgier Dutch, Flemish
- gier Dutch, Flemish
- gierig Dutch, Flemish
- goednieuwsshow Dutch, Flemish
- monniksgier Dutch, Flemish
- nepnieuws Dutch, Flemish
- nieuws Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsanker Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsbrief Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsgaring Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsgierig Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwslezer Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwslezeres Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsmedium Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsoverzicht Dutch, Flemish
- raafgier Dutch, Flemish
- roofgier Dutch, Flemish
- wereldnieuws Dutch, Flemish
- gir Middle Dutch
- nuus Afrikaans