got

See also: Appendix:Variations of "got"

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

got

  1. simple past tense of get
    We got the last bus home.
  2. (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?
  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, 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!
  5. (Southern US, nonstandard) have
    They got a new car.
    He got a lot of nerve.
  6. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, euphemistic, slang) to be murdered
    He got got.
  7. (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)

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus.

NounEdit

got m (plural gots)

  1. glass (drinking glass)
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin Gothus.

NounEdit

got m (plural gots, feminine goda)

  1. Goth
Derived termsEdit

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

got

  1. nominative plural of go

German Low GermanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

got (comparative bȩter or bäter)

  1. Alternative spelling of goot

See alsoEdit

IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Dutch goot (“gutter”), from Middle Dutch gōte, from Old Dutch *gota, from Proto-Germanic *gutō.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɔt]
  • Hyphenation: got

NounEdit

got (plural, first-person possessive gotku, second-person possessive gotmu, third-person possessive gotnya)

  1. 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

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

got m

  1. god
  2. the Christian God

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative formsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: god, God
  • Limburgish: gód, Gód

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

NounEdit

got

  1. Alternative form of gutte

Middle Low GermanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

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)

  1. god

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

got m

  1. god

InflectionEdit

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

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

  1. god

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

got

  1. 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

VerbEdit

got (old orthography got)

  1. to hug; to embrace.
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