got
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑt/
- (Boston, New England) IPA(key): /ɡʌt/, /ɡɒt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒt
VerbEdit
got
- simple past tense of get
- We got the last bus home.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) past participle of get
- By that time we'd got very cold.
- I've got two children.
- How many children have you got?
- Expressing obligation; used with have.
- I can't go out tonight: I've got to study for my exams.
- (Southern US, with to) Must; have/has (to).
- I got to go study.
- 1971, Carole King; Gerry Goffin (lyrics and music), “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records:
- We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!
- (Southern US, nonstandard) Have.
- They got a new car.
- He got a lot of nerve.
- (Singapore, colloquial) Have, there is.
- Got problem ah?
Usage notesEdit
- (past participle of get): The second sentence literally means "At some time in the past I got (obtained) two children", but in "have got" constructions like this, where "got" is used in the sense of "obtained", the sense of obtaining is lost, becoming merely one of possessing, and the sentence is in effect just a more colloquial way of saying "I have two children". Similarly, the third sentence is just a more colloquial way of saying "How many children do you have?"
- (past participle of get): The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see Usage Notes on "get" for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has mostly lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases.
- (expressing obligation): "Got" is a filler word here with no obvious grammatical or semantic function. "I have to study for my exams" has the same meaning. It is often stressed in speech: "You've just got to see this."
- (have): In nonstandard speech the verb may be reinterpreted as a regular present tense, so that the form gots appears in the third-person singular present, e.g. She gots a red bike.
SynonymsEdit
- (must, have (to)): gotta (informal)
have got= have
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus.
NounEdit
got m (plural gots)
- glass (drinking glass)
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
got m (plural gots, feminine goda)
Derived termsEdit
- gòtic (“Gothic”)
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
got
- nominative plural of go
German Low GermanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
got (comparative bȩter or bäter)
- Alternative spelling of goot
See alsoEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch goot (“gutter”), from Middle Dutch gōte, from Old Dutch *gota, from Proto-Germanic *gutō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
got (first-person possessive gotku, second-person possessive gotmu, third-person possessive gotnya)
- gutter, a prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
- Synonym: selokan
Further readingEdit
- “got” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
NounEdit
got m
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “got”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “god”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page god
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
got
- Alternative form of goot
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
got
- Alternative form of gutte
Middle Low GermanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
PronunciationEdit
- Stem vowel: ô¹
AdjectiveEdit
gôt (comparative bēter, superlative best)
DeclensionEdit
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong declension | ||||
| Masculine | gôt | gôden | gôdem(e) (gôdennote) | gôdes |
| Neuter | gôt | |||
| Feminine | gôde | gôder(e) | ||
| Plural | gôde | gôden | gôder(e) | |
| Weak declension | ||||
| Masculine | gôde | gôden | gôden | |
| Neuter | gôde | |||
| Feminine | gôden | |||
| Plural | gôden | |||
| The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. | ||||
DescendantsEdit
- Low German: god
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Saxon god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
got m (genitive godes or gades, plural gode or gade)
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.
NounEdit
got m
InflectionEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “got”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.
Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old Dutch got, Old Norse guð, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).
NounEdit
got m
DeclensionEdit
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | got | gota |
| accusative | got | gota |
| genitive | gotes | goto |
| dative | gote | gotum |
| instrumental | gotu | — |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Middle High German: got
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French Goth, from Latin Gothus.
NounEdit
got m (plural goți)
DeclensionEdit
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
got
- Soft mutation of cot.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cot | got | nghot | chot |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
ZhuangEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tai *koːtᴰ (“to hug; to embrace”). Cogante with Thai กอด (gɔ̀ɔt), Lao ກອດ (kǭt), Shan ၵွတ်ႇ (kòat).
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /koːt˧˥/
- Tone numbers: got7
- Hyphenation: got
VerbEdit
got (old orthography got)