Adjektiv

neugierigen

curious, inquisitive, prying

Ich sehe den neugierigen Jungen.

I see the curious boy.

Er hilft den neugierigen Studenten.

He helps the curious students.

((Adjective)) + ((Noun)) used attributively before a noun Ich sehe den neugierigen Jungen.

Synonyms: wissbegierig (eager for knowledge); Antonyms: desinteressiert (uninterested), gleichgültig (indifferent)

From 'neu' (new) + 'Gier' (greed, eagerness). It means 'eagerness for new things'. The '-en' is a common adjectival declension ending for various cases.

This is a declined form of the adjective 'neugierig'. Remember that adjective endings in German change to match the gender, case, and number of the noun.

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