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1 greedy
adjectivegierig; (gluttonous) gefräßig (abwertend)greedy for money/power — geldgierig/machthungrig
* * *adjective gierig* * *[ˈgri:di]\greedy for power machthungrig\greedy for success/victory erfolgs-/siegeshungrig* * *['griːdɪ]adj (+er)gierig (for auf +acc, nach); (for material wealth also) habgierig; (= gluttonous) gefräßiggreedy for power/money — macht-/geldgierig
don't be so greedy! — sei nicht so unbescheiden
you greedy thing! — du Nimmersatt! (inf)
* * *greedy adj (adv greedily)greedy for power machtgierig;the flowers are greedy for water die Blumen brauchen dringend Wasser2. habgierig, -süchtig3. gefräßig* * *adjectivegierig; (gluttonous) gefräßig (abwertend)greedy for money/power — geldgierig/machthungrig
* * *adj.gefräßig adj.gierig adj.habgierig adj. -
2 greedy
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3 greed
noungreed for money/power — Geld-/Machtgier, die
* * *[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) die Gier, der Geiz- academic.ru/32343/greedy">greedy- greedily
- greediness* * *[gri:d]\greed for money Geldgier f\greed for power Machtgier f, Machthunger m* * *[griːd]nGier f (for nach +dat); (for material wealth also) Habsucht f, Habgier f; (= gluttony) Gefräßigkeit fgreed for money/power — Geld-/Machtgier f
* * *greed [ɡriːd] sgreed for power Machtgier2. Habgier f, -sucht f3. Gefräßigkeit f* * *nounGier, die ( for nach); (gluttony) Gefräßigkeit, die (abwertend); (of animal) Fressgier, diegreed for money/power — Geld-/Machtgier, die
* * *n.Gier nur sing. f.Habgier f.Raffgier f. -
4 grasping
adjective(greedy) habgierig* * *adjective (greedy (especially for money): a grasping old man.) habgierig* * *grasp·ing[ˈgrɑ:spɪŋ, AM ˈgræsp-]* * *['grAːspɪŋ]adj (fig)habgierig* * *grasping adj (adv graspingly) fig habgierig* * *adjective(greedy) habgierig* * *adj.packend adj.zupackend adj. -
5 rapacious
adjective(greedy) habgierig* * *[rə'peiʃəs](greedy (especially for money); eager to seize as much as possible.) (raub)gierig- academic.ru/109078/rapaciously">rapaciously- rapaciousness
- rapacity* * *ra·pa·cious[rəˈpeɪʃəs]1. (grasping) habgierig\rapacious appetite Wolfshunger ma \rapacious landlord/businessman ein raffgieriger Vermieter/Geschäftsmann\rapacious soldiers plündernde Soldaten* * *1. adj rapaciously2. adv[rə'peIʃəs, -lɪ] habgierig* * *rapacious [rəˈpeıʃəs] adj (adv rapaciously)1. habgierig2. raubgierig, räuberisch3. Raub…:* * *adjective(greedy) habgierig* * *adj.raubgierig adj.
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