Ehrgeiz

German

Etymology

Ehr (“honour”) +‎ Geiz (“greed”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ehrgeiz m (genitive Ehrgeizes, plural Ehrgeize)

ambition

Declension

Declension of Ehrgeiz

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ehrgeiz	die	Ehrgeize
genitive	eines	des	Ehrgeizes	der	Ehrgeize
dative	einem	dem	Ehrgeiz, Ehrgeize¹	den	Ehrgeizen
accusative	einen	den	Ehrgeiz	die	Ehrgeize

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

ehrgeizig

See also

Ambition

Further reading

Ehrgeiz in Duden online

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