See also: Gut, GUT, and guts

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (guts, entrails)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (to pour). Related to English gote (drain), Old English ġēotan (to pour). More at gote, yote.

The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (to gut).

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NounEdit

gut (countable and uncountable, plural guts)

  1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  2. (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
    beer gut
  3. (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  4. A person's emotional, visceral self.
    I have a funny feeling in my gut.
  5. (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
    You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.
  6. A narrow passage of water.
    the Gut of Canso
  7. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

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VerbEdit

gut (third-person singular simple present guts, present participle gutting, simple past and past participle gutted)

  1. (transitive) To eviscerate.
    The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them.
    The lioness gutted her prey.
  2. (transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
    Fire gutted the building.
    Congress gutted the welfare bill.
  3. To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).
    • 2016 October 4, Danielle Pearl, In Ruins, Forever, →ISBN:
      It's no worse than what he said in Miami, but hearing him repeat it, attribute it to my father...it guts me. “That's who your family is. Who you are. Stangers—Stanleys, whatever your fucking names are,” he spits.
    • 2017 October 4, Angela Quarles, Earning It: A Romantic Comedy, Unsealed Room Press, →ISBN:
      What's bothering me is that I'd felt more for him than I realized, and it guts me that it's over before it can really get going.

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AdjectiveEdit

gut (comparative more gut, superlative most gut)

  1. Made of gut.
    a violin with gut strings
  2. Instinctive.
    gut reaction

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Central FranconianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • got (northern Moselle Franconian)
  • jot (Ripuarian)

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German guod, northern variant of guot.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gut (masculine gude, feminine gut, comparative besser, superlative et beste)

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) good

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Norwegian gutt.

NounEdit

gut c (singular definite gutten, plural indefinite gutter)

  1. boy, lad, bloke
InflectionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From English gut.

NounEdit

gut c (singular definite gutten, not used in plural form)

  1. gut (intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc)

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

A minced oath from god.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

gut

  1. gee
    Gut, daar heb ik nooit zo over nagedacht.Gee, I never thought of it that way.

GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • gůt (Early New High German)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German and Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (to unite, be associated, suit).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡuːt/ (standard)
  • (Germany)
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  • (Austria)
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  • IPA(key): /ɡʊt/ (colloquial, chiefly for the interjection)
  • Rhymes: -uːt

AdjectiveEdit

gut (strong nominative masculine singular guter, comparative besser, superlative am besten)

  1. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)
    Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen.
    We must be good to feel good.
  2. good (effective; useful)
  3. good (fortunate)
  4. good (having a particularly pleasant taste)
  5. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory)
  6. good (full; entire; at least as much as)

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AdverbEdit

gut (comparative besser, superlative am besten)

  1. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily)
    Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt.
    The team played well.
  2. a little more than (with measurements)
    Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin.
    I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years.
    Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang.
    The bed is a little over two meters long.
    Antonym: knapp
  3. easily, likely
    Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden.
    That item is easily found.
    Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist.
    You may well be married next year.

InterjectionEdit

gut

  1. okay, all right, now then
    Gut, dann fangen wir mal an.
    All right, then let's get started.

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Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

gut

  1. Alternative form of gutte

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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gut

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from Dutch guit (troublemaker).

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NounEdit

gut m (definite singular guten, indefinite plural gutar, definite plural gutane)

  1. a boy (young male)

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ReferencesEdit

“gut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German and Old High German guot. Compare German gut, Dutch goed, English good.

AdjectiveEdit

gut (comparative besser, superlative bescht)

  1. good
  2. kind

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RomanschEdit

NounEdit

gut m (plural guts)

  1. drop

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English good.

AdverbEdit

gut

  1. well

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gut

  1. Soft mutation of cut.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cut gut nghut chut
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.