Gott

See also: gott, GOtt, and gött

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from German Gott ("God").

Proper nounEdit

Gott

1. A surname​.

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German got, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós. Compare Dutch and English god, Danish gud, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ). The word was neuter in Old High German.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

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NounEdit

Gott m (genitive Gottes or Gotts, plural Götter, feminine Göttin)

1. god

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Gott

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gott	die	Götter
genitive	eines	des	Gottes, Gotts	der	Götter
dative	einem	dem	Gott, Gotte1	den	Göttern
accusative	einen	den	Gott	die	Götter

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Earlier (16-18th century) the word Gott was also declined like this:

Declension of Gott

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gott	die	Götter
genitive	eines	des	Gottes, Gotts	der	Götteren, Göttern, Götter
dative	einem	dem	Gott, Gotte1	den	Götteren, Göttern
accusative	einen	den	Gott	die	Götter

¹Now uncommon, see notes

HyponymsEdit

• Donnergott
• Sonnengott

Proper nounEdit

Gott m (genitive Gottes or Gotts)

1. God

Usage notesEdit

• The short genitive Gotts is nowadays exceedingly rare in the proper noun.

Alternative formsEdit

• GOtt
• G_tt

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• Abgott
• Götterdämmerung
• Gottesacker
• Gottesfurcht
  • gottesfürchtig
• Gottesreich
• Göttergabe
• gottgegeben

• göttergleich
• Götterlehre
• gottgläubig
• gottgleich
• göttlich
• Göttlichkeit
• gottlos

• Götz
• Götze
• lieber Gott
• mein Gott
• Rachegott
• vergelt's Gott
• vergöttern

Further readingEdit

• Gott in Duden online

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HunsrikEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Kot (Portuguese based orthography)

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German got, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Proper nounEdit

Gott m (plural Getter)

1. God

   Mein Gott!

   My God!

Further readingEdit

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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LuxembourgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German got, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Cognate with German Gott, English god, Dutch god, Icelandic guð, Danish gud.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡot/
  • Rhymes: -ot

Proper nounEdit

Gott

1. God

NounEdit

Gott m (plural Gëtter)

1. god

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NauruanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German Gott.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

Proper nounEdit

Gott

1. God

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Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare German Gott, Dutch god, English god.

NounEdit

Gott m (plural Gedder)

1. god

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PlautdietschEdit

NounEdit

Gott m (plural Jetta)

1. god

Proper nounEdit

Gott m

1. God

Derived termsEdit

• gottlooss