German-English Dictionary

geizig

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geizig; knausrig; knauserig; kniepig [Norddt.]; netig [Norddt.]; knorzig [Schw.] {adj} (Person)
miserly; niggardly; penny-pinching; tight-fisted; close-fisted; hard-fisted; stingy; mingy [Br.]; mean [Br.]; chintzy [Am.] [coll.]; penurious [formal]; screwy [dated] [coll.] (of a person)
geizig {adv}
avariciously
geizig; knausrig; sparsam {adj}
parsimonious
sparsamster Mitteleinsatz
parsimonious allocation of resources
mit der Wahrheit hinterm Berg halten
to be parsimonious with the truth [fig.]
geizig; sparsam {adv}
parsimoniously
geizig {adv}
penuriously
geizig {adv}
stingily
knausern {vi}
to behave stingily

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