gieren

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣiː.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: gie‧ren
• Rhymes: -iːrən

Onomatopoeic.

gieren

1. (intransitive) to screech, to shriek
2. (intransitive) to roar with laughter, to laugh loudly

From gier (“liquid manure”) +‎ -en.

gieren

1. (agriculture, intransitive) to fertilise land with slurry, to spread liquid manure

gieren

1. (nautical) to yaw

• stampen
• slingeren

• griene

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːʁən/, [ˈɡiːʁən], [ˈɡiː.ɐn]

From Middle Low German gīren (“to open one’s jaws, gape, scream”). Cognate with Dutch gieren (“to scream”). Related also with German Geier (“vulture”) and gähnen, English yawn. In standard German, the word has always been associated with unrelated Gier (“greed, lust”) and is typically regarded a derivative thereof.

gieren (third-person singular simple present giert, past tense gierte, past participle gegiert, auxiliary haben)

1. (with nach) to desire greedily, to lust for
2. (possibly dated) to open one’s jaws so as to snap

From Dutch gieren, which is possibly the same word as that mentioned under etymology 1, with a semantic development “to scream, squeak” → “to make a repeated squeaking movement”. Alternatively from Dutch geren, also gieren (“to be askew”), from geer (“asymmetric piece of land”).

gieren (third-person singular simple present giert, past tense gierte, past participle gegiert, auxiliary haben)

1. (nautical, aviation) to yaw