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Definitions and meaning of god

god

Etymology

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, from *ǵʰutóm, neuter/inanimate of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).

Cognates include Russian звать (zvatʹ, “to call”), Sanskrit होत्र (hotra, “calling, oblation, sacrifice”) and Latin fūtilis (“easily pours out, leaky”) (whence English futile). Doublet of futile.

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 (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

god (plural gods)

  1. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:god
  2. 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.
  3. (figurative) A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
  4. (figurative, informal) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
  5. (figurative, informal) An exceedingly handsome man.
  6. (Internet, roleplaying games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.

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.)

Alternative forms

  • gawd, Gawd, God

Derived terms

Descendants

  • 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, Dog, dog

Danish

Etymology

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

From Middle Dutch god, from Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”). Compare English and West Frisian god, German Gott, Danish gud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [ʝɔt]
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [xɔt]

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

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, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

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, Gud, God

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; god
    • → Pohnpeian: Koht
  • Scots: God
  • Yola: Gud

References

  • “god”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “god, 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

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

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

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

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
      • 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

Etymology 2

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. a 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
masculine
Synonyms
  • ōs
Derived terms
  • godcund (“divine, godlike”)
  • gyden (“goddess”)

Proper noun

god m

  1. Alternative letter-case form of God.
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: god, God, godd, godde
    • English: god
    • Scots: god
    • Yola: gud, Gud, God

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gōd.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gōd

  1. good
Declension
Descendants
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: gud
    Sylt: gur
  • Saterland Frisian: goud
  • West Frisian: goed

Etymology 2

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

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

Compare 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

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

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”). 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

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 (compare German Wald, 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

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

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

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.

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

From Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Noun

god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)

  1. god, deity

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org