begærlig
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German begerlik.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]begærlig (neuter begærligt, plural and definite singular attributive begærlige)
- avaricious, greedy
- Synonym: grådig
Inflection
[edit]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | begærlig | — | —2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | begærligt | — | —2 |
| plural | begærlige | — | —2 |
| definite attributive1 | begærlige | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.