got

See also: Got, GOT, gôt, göt, Göt, got., and -got-

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑt/
• (Boston, New England) IPA^(key): /ɡʌt/, /ɡɒt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

VerbEdit

got

1. simple past tense of get

   We got the last bus home.

2. (Britain, 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?

3. Expressing obligation.

   I can't go out tonight, I've got to study for my exams.

4. (Southern US, with to) must; have (to).

   I got to go study.

   • 1971, Carol King and Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, Tapestry, Ode Records

     We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!

5. (Southern US, Britain, slang) have

   They got a new car.

   He got a lot of nerve.

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."

SynonymsEdit

• (must, have (to)): gotta (informal)

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923: de · whole · find · #191: got · let · world · thing

AnagramsEdit

• tog

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus.

NounEdit

got m ‎(plural gots)

1. glass (drinking glass)

SynonymsEdit

• tassó
• vas

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin Gothus.

NounEdit

got m ‎(plural gots, feminine goda)

1. Goth

Derived termsEdit

• gòtic ‎(“Gothic”)

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German Low GermanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

got

1. Alternative spelling of goot

See alsoEdit

• god

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

got

1. rafsi of gotro.

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Middle Low GermanEdit

Pronunciation 1Edit

• Stem vowel: ô¹
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /ɣoːt/

EtymologyEdit

From Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

AdjectiveEdit

gôt ‎(comparative bēter, superlative best)

1. good

DeclensionEdit

Declension of got

	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

Pronunciation 2Edit

• IPA^(key): /ɣɔd/, [ɣɔt]

EtymologyEdit

From Old Saxon god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

NounEdit

got m ‎(genitive godes or gades, plural gode or gade)

1. god

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Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.

NounEdit

got m

1. god

DeclensionEdit

Declension of got

	Singular	Plural
nominative	got	goda
accusative	got	goda
genitive	godis	godô
dative	gode	godon

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: god

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Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old Dutch got, Old Norse guð, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 ‎(guþ).

NounEdit

got m

1. god

DescendantsEdit

• German: Gott
• Yiddish: גאָט ‎(got)