German

Noun

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

1. god

Declension

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

Hyponyms

• Donnergott
• Sonnengott

Proper noun

Gott m ‎(genitive Gottes or Gotts)

1. God

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

• GOtt
• G_tt

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡot/
  • Rhymes: -ot

Proper noun

Gott

1. God

Noun

Gott m ‎(plural Gëtter)

1. god

Nauruan

Etymology

Borrowing from German Gott.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

Proper noun

Gott

1. God

Plautdietsch

Noun

Gott m ‎(plural Jetta)

1. god

Proper noun

Gott m

1. God

Derived terms

• gottlooss

Faroese

Adjective

gott n

1. neuter nominative singular of góður
2. neuter accusative singular of góður

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔht/

  Rhymes: -ɔht

Adjective

gott

1. (strong) positive neuter nominative form of góður; meaning good
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

2. (strong) positive neuter accusative form of góður; meaning good

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/
• Homophone: gått

Adjective

gott

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of god.

Adverb

gott (comparative godare, superlative godast)

1. well, good

   Det här smakar verkligen gott.

   This tastes really good.

Interjection

gott

1. (archaic) agreed; It's a deal!