god

god

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English

Alternative forms

  • gawd, Gawd (humorous, pronunciation spelling)
  • g-d, G-d, God

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gŏd
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒd/, (archaic) /ɡɔːd/
    • (General American, Ireland) IPA(key): /ɡɑd/
    • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɔd/, /ɡɔːd/
    • (Canada, Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɒːd/
    • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɡɔd/
  • Homophone: gaud (cot–caught merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

god (plural gods)

  2. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:god
  3. An idol.
    1. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
    2. (figurative) Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
  4. (figurative) A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
  5. (figurative, informal) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
  6. (figurative, informal) An exceedingly handsome man.
  7. (Internet, roleplaying games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
    Synonyms: arch, imp

Usage notes

The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess. (In Old English the feminine gyden, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine goda, existed.)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belizean Creole: gaad
  • Sranan Tongo: gado

Translations

Proper noun

god

  1. (often derogatory, also philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of God

Verb

god (third-person singular simple present gods, present participle godding, simple past and past participle godded)

  1. (transitive) To idolize.
    • a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
      To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
  2. (transitive) To deify.

Translations

See also

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Bosworth, Toller, "An Anglo Saxon Dictionary": http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/017298

Further reading

  • god on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • god (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Dog, OGD, DOG, 'dog, ODG, dog

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish gōþær, gothær, from Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Cognate with English good and German gut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊oˀð], [ˈɡ̊oðˀ], [ˈɡ̊oˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oð

Adjective

god (neuter godt, plural and definite singular attributive gode, comparative bedre, superlative (predicative) bedst, superlative (attributive) bedste)

  1. good

References

  • “god” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch god, from Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Compare English and West Frisian god, German Gott, Danish gud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

god m (plural goden, diminutive godje n, feminine godin)

  1. god, deity

Derived terms

See also the derived terms at God.

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: god, got, godt

Gothic

Romanization

gōd

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳

Irish

Pronoun

god

  1. Munster form of cad, only used in god é

Low German

Alternative forms

  • good, goot, got
  • (in other dialects) gaud (comparative bäter, beter)
  • (in other dialects) gut (comparative bȩter)
  • (in other dialects) gud (comparative biäter), gutt (inflected gudd-)

Etymology

From Middle Low German gôt, from Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoʊt/, /ɣɔʊt/, /ɣoʊt/

Adjective

god

  1. (in some dialects) good (alternative spelling of goot)

Usage notes

  • The comparative is bäter and the superlative is best.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

god

  1. Superseded spelling of gód.

Middle Dutch

Noun

god m

  1. Alternative spelling of got

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

    Alternative forms

    • God, godd, godde

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡɔd/

    Noun

    god (plural goddes, genitive goddes)

    1. A god or deity; a divine individual.
    2. A person worshipped as a divinity.
    Descendants
    • English: god
    • Scots: god
    • Yola: gud

    Proper noun

    god (genitive goddes, uncountable)

    1. God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ)
      • a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
    Related terms
    • godfader
    • godmoder
    • godsone
    Descendants
    • English: God, od (archaic, regional, euphemistic), god (as proper noun, often derogatory or in philosophy), gawd, Gawd, g-d, G-d
      • → Pohnpeian: Koht
    • Scots: God
    • Yola: Gud, God

    References

    • “god”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
    • “god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.

    Etymology 2

    From Old English gōd (“good”).

    Adjective

    god

    1. Alternative form of good

    Middle Low German

    Adjective

    god

    1. Alternative spelling of gôt.

    Noun

    god

    1. Alternative spelling of got.
    2. Alternative spelling of gôt.

    Navajo

    Etymology

    From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.

    Cognates:

    • Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
    • Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Beaver -gʷəd, Lower Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena'ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [kòt], [kɣʷòt]

    Noun

    -god (inalienable)

    1. knee

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • agod (“someone’s knee”)
    • hagod (“one’s knee”)
    • bigod (“his/her/their knee”)
    • shigod (“my knee”)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡuː/, [ɡɯᵝː]

    Adjective

    god (neuter singular godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

    1. good

    Derived terms

    References

    • “god” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”). Akin to English good.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡuː/

    Adjective

    god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

    1. good
    Derived terms
    Related terms

    Male given names:

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Old Norse goð.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡoː/

    Noun

    god ?

    1. god (only used in given names)
      Synonym: gud
    Related terms

    Male given names:

    Female given names:

    References

    • “god” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

    Old English

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/

    Adjective

    gōd (comparative betera, superlative betest, adverb wel)

    1. good
    Declension
    Derived terms
    • gōdnes
    Descendants
    • Middle English: good, god, gode, goed, gude
      • English: good, goode (obsolete)
        • Solombala English: гудъ (gud), гутъ (gut)
      • Scots: guid
      • Yola: gooude, gude, gayde

    Noun

    gōd n

    1. good (something good or good things collectively)
      • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"
    2. goods, possessions
      • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sundayin September, when Job is read"
    Declension

    Strong a-stem:

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɡod/

      Noun

      god n or m

      1. god
        • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
        • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
        • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
      Declension
      neuter

      Strong a-stem:

      masculine

      Strong a-stem:

      Synonyms
      • ōs
      Derived terms
      • godcund (“divine, godlike”)
      • goddohtor (“goddaughter”)
      • godfæder (“godfather”)
      • godmōdor (“godmother”)
      • godsunu (“godson”)
      • gyden (“goddess”)

      Proper noun

      god m

      1. Alternative letter-case form of God.
      Declension

      Strong a-stem:

      Descendants
      • Middle English: god, God, godd, godde
        • English: god
        • Scots: god
        • Yola: gud

      Old Frisian

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd.

      Pronunciation

      • (13th CE) IPA(key): [ɡoːd]
      • Hyphenation: god

      Adjective

      gōd

      1. good
      Declension
      Descendants
      • North Frisian: gud, gödj, gur
      • Saterland Frisian: goud
      • West Frisian: goed

      Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god.

      Pronunciation

      • (13th CE) IPA(key): [ɡod]
      • Hyphenation: god

      Noun

      god m

      1. god
      2. (Christianity) God
      Declension
      Descendants
      • North Frisian:
        • Föhr-Amrum: God
      • Saterland Frisian: God
      • West Frisian: god, God

      References

      • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 197

      Old Saxon

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

      Cognate with Old English gōd, Old Frisian gōd, Old High German guot, Old Dutch guot, Old Norse góðr.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɣoːd/
      • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/

      Adjective

      gōd (comparative betiro, superlative betst)

      1. good
        • Heliand, verse 363
      Declension


      Descendants
      • Middle Low German: gôt
        • German Low German: good
        • Low German: goot

      Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɣoːd/
      • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/

      Noun

      gōd n

      1. goodness, benefit
        • Heliand, verse 1456
      Declension


      Descendants
      • Middle Low German: gôt
        • German Low German: Good
        • Low German: Goot

      Etymology 3

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Compare Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɣɔd/
      • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/

      Noun

      god n

      2. god
        • Heliand, verse 326
      Declension


      Descendants
      • Middle Low German: got

      Etymology 4

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɣɔd/
      • IPA(key): /ɡoːd/

      Noun

      god m

      1. God (the Christian god)
        • Heliand, verse 11
      Declension


      Descendants
      • Middle Low German: got

      Romansch

      Alternative forms

      • guaud (Rumantsch Grischun)
      • uaul, gòld (Sutsilvan)
      • gôt (Surmiran)

      Etymology

      Of probable Germanic origin. Cognate with German Wald, German Low German Woold, Dutch woud, English wold).

      Noun

      god m (plural gods)

      1. (Puter, Vallader) forest

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Slovene god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ), Russian год (god).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɡôːd/

      Noun

      gȏd m (Cyrillic spelling го̑д)

      1. name day
      2. anniversary, holiday
      3. ring (on a tree)

      Declension

      Derived terms

      Related terms

      • gȍdina

      Particle

      god (Cyrillic spelling год)

      1. generalization particle
        (t)ko god ― whoever
        što god ― whatever
        gdje god ― wherever
        koji god ― whichever
        Uzmi koji god hoćeš! ― Take whichever you want!
        kad god ― whenever
        čiji god ― whoever's
        kako god ― in whichever way
        kakav god ― of whatever kind
        koliki god ― of whichever size
        koliko god ― no matter how much/many

      Slovene

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɡóːt/

      Noun

      gọ̑d m inan

      1. name day
        Synonyms: godovni dan, godovno, imendan
      2. name day celebration
        Synonym: godovanje
      3. (obsolete) anniversary[→SSKJ]
        Synonym: obletnica

      Declension




      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • “god”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
      • “god”, in Termania, Amebis
      • See also the general references

      Spanish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English god. Compare with god tier.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈɡod/ [ˈɡoð̞]
      • Rhymes: -od
      • Syllabification: god

      Adjective

      god m or f (masculine and feminine plural godes)

      1. (Internet slang) fire; cool, amazing; excellent
        Synonym: genial

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Inherited from Old Swedish gōþer, from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɡuːd/, (colloquial) /ɡuː/

      Adjective

      god (comparative godare or bättre, superlative godast or bäst)

      1. good, morally commendable
      2. tasty, good (tasting good)
        Synonyms: välsmakande, (colloquial) go
      3. good (having pleasing qualities)
      4. good, proficient
      5. quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
        Synonym: (often) bra
      6. good (of friends and the like)

      Usage notes

      • In cases where god and bra are idiomatically interchangeable, god often sounds a bit old-fashioned.
      • "God mat" only refers to taste (and is idiomatic when describing food as tasty). "Good food" in a more general sense (well-made, nutritious, tasty, etc. – context-dependent) is "bra mat."

      Declension

      Antonyms

      • (antonym(s) of “not evil”): elak, ond
      • (antonym(s) of “tasty”): äcklig, illasmakande
      • (antonym(s) of “not bad”): dålig

      Derived terms

      See also

      • go

      References

      • god in Svensk ordbok (SO)
      • god in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
      • god in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

      Anagrams

      • dog

      West Frisian

      Etymology

      Inherited from Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

      Noun

      god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)

      1. god, deity

      Further reading

      • “God”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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