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geizig; knausrig; knauserig; kniepig [Norddt.]; netig [Norddt.]; knorzig [Schw.] {adj} (Person) [listen] miserly; niggardly; penny-pinching; tight-fisted; close-fisted; hard-fisted; stingy; mingy [Br.]; mean [Br.]; chintzy [Am.] [coll.]; penurious [formal]; screwy [dated] [coll.] (of a person) [listen] [listen]

knausrig {adj} costive [dated]

geizig; knausrig; sparsam {adj} [listen] parsimonious

sparsamster Mitteleinsatz parsimonious allocation of resources

mit der Wahrheit hinterm Berg halten to be parsimonious with the truth [fig.]

knapp; karg; kärglich; knausrig; beschränkt {adj} [listen] [listen] stinted
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