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Webster 1913 Edition

Golf

(gŏlf)

Noun.

[D.

kolf

club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G.

kolben

club, but end, Icel.

k[GREEK]lfr

tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw.

kolf

bolt, dart, but end, Dan.

kolv

bolt, arrow. Cf.

Club

Globe

A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.

[Scot.]

Strutt.

Webster 1828 Edition

Golf

GOLF

Noun.

A game with ball and bat,in which he who drives the ball

into a hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.

Definition 2024

Golf

See also: golf and gólf

Translingual

Symbol

Golf

The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔlf/

Etymology 1

From Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος ‎(kólpos). See gulf.

Noun

Golf m ‎(genitive Golfes, plural Golfe)

(geography) bay, gulf

Declension

Declension of Golf

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Golf	die	Golfe
genitive	eines	des	Golfes, Golfs	der	Golfe
dative	einem	dem	Golf, Golfe¹	den	Golfen
accusative	einen	den	Golf	die	Golfe

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Terms derived from Golf

Golfkrieg
Golfkrise

Golfmonarchie
Golfregion

Golfstrom

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English golf.

Noun

Golf n ‎(genitive Golfs, no plural)

(sports) golf

Declension

Declension of Golf (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Golf
genitive	eines	des	Golfs
dative	einem	dem	Golf
accusative	einen	den	Golf

Derived terms

Terms derived from Golf

Crossgolf
Golfbahn
Golfball
Golfclub

Golfschläger
Golfschuh
Golfspiel

Golfspieler
Golfturnier
Minigolf

Luxembourgish

Noun

Golf m ‎(plural Golfen)

(uncountable) golf (sport)
golf course
gulf (geographical)

golf

See also: Golf and gólf

English

Noun

golf ‎(uncountable)

(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Translations

ball game

Afrikaans: gholf
Arabic: جُولْف m ‎(golf), جُولْف m ‎(gulf), غُولْف m ‎(golf), غُولْف m ‎(gulf), غُولْف m ‎(ḡūlf)
Armenian: գոլֆ (hy) ‎(golf)
Asturian: golf m
Azeri: qolf
Basque: golf (eu)
Belarusian: гольф m ‎(holʹf)
Bulgarian: голф m ‎(golf)
Catalan: golf (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高爾夫球 (zh), 高尔夫球 (zh) ‎(gāo'ěrfū qiú)
Czech: golf (cs)
Danish: golf (da)
Dutch: golf (nl)
Esperanto: golfo
Estonian: golf (et)
Faroese: golf n
Finnish: golf (fi)
French: golf (fr) m
Galician: golf (gl) m
Georgian: გოლფი ‎(golpi)
German: Golf (de) n
Greek: γκολφ (el) ‎(nkolf)
Haitian Creole: gòf
Hebrew: גולף (he) m ‎(golf)
Hindi: गोल्फ़ m ‎(golf), गोल्फ (hi) m ‎(golph)
Hungarian: golf (hu)
Icelandic: golf (is) n
Ido: golfo (io)
Indonesian: golf (id)
Italian: golf (it) m
Japanese: ゴルフ (ja) ‎(gorufu)
Korean: 골프 (ko) ‎(golpeu)
Latin: pilamalleus m (New Latin)

Latvian: golfs
Lithuanian: golfas
Luxembourgish: golf
Macedonian: голф m ‎(golf)
Malay: golf
Malayalam: ഗോൾഫ് (ml) ‎(gōḷph)
Mongolian: гольф (mn) ‎(golʹf)
Navajo: jooł yázhí náás yikalí, nʼdilkal
Norwegian:

Bokmål: golf (no) m

Nynorsk: golf m
Occitan: gòlf m
Persian: گلف (fa) ‎(golf)
Polish: golf (pl)
Portuguese: golfe (pt) m
Russian: гольф (ru) m ‎(golʹf)
Scots: gowf
Scottish Gaelic: golf m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: голф m

Roman: golf (sh) m
Spanish: golf (es) m
Swedish: golf (sv)
Tagalog: golp
Tajik: голф ‎(golf)
Tamil: கோல்ஃப் ‎(kōlf)
Thai: กอล์ฟ (th) ‎(góf)
Turkish: golf (tr)
Ukrainian: гольф (uk) m ‎(holʹf)
Urdu: گولف m ‎(golf)
Uyghur: گولف توپى ‎(golf topi)
Vietnamese: golf (vi)
Welsh: golff m

the letter “G”

Estonian: Gustav
Finnish: Gideon
Italian: Genova (it)

Russian: (for both Cyrillic and Roman) Гали́на (ru) f ‎(Galína), Григо́рий (ru) m ‎(Grigórij)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun “golf”

References

"Golf" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.

Verb

golf ‎(third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)

(intransitive) To play the game of golf.
- Rudyard Kipling
  Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.

Translations

play golf

Bulgarian: играя голф ‎(igraja golf)
Dutch: golfen (nl)
Finnish: golfata (fi)

French: golfer (fr)
German: golfen (de)
Hungarian: golfozik (hu)
Ido: golf-ludar (io)

Anagrams

flog

Asturian

Noun

golf m ‎(uncountable)

(sports) golf

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος ‎(kólpos).

Noun

golf m ‎(plural golfs)

gulf

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English golf.

Noun

golf m ‎(uncountable)

golf

Derived terms

golfista

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔlf/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English golf.^[1]

Noun

golf m

golf (a ball game)

Declension

Declension of golf

	singular	plural
nominative	golf	golfy
genitive	golfu	golfů
dative	golfu	golfům
accusative	golf	golfy
vocative	golfe	golfy
locative	golfu	golfech
instrumental	golfem	golfy

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from German Golf.^[2]

Noun

golf m

bay, gulf

Declension

Declension of golf

	singular	plural
nominative	golf	golfy
genitive	golfu	golfů
dative	golfu	golfům
accusative	golf	golfy
vocative	golfe	golfy
locative	golfu	golfech
instrumental	golfem	golfy

References

↑ golf¹ in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
↑ golf² in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xɔlf/

Etymology 1

Noun

golf f ‎(plural golven, diminutive golfje n)

Synonyms

(wave): waag

Derived terms

Verb

golf

first-person singular present indicative of golven
imperative of golven

Etymology 2

Noun

golf n ‎(uncountable)

golf

Verb

golf

first-person singular present indicative of golfen
imperative of golfen

Faroese

Etymology

From English golf, from Scots.

Noun

golf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)

golf

Declination

n3s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	golf	golfið
Accusative	golf	golfið
Dative	golfi	golfinum
Genitive	golfs	golfsins

Derived terms

golfbóltur m
golfbreyt f
golfleikari m
golfvøllur m

Finnish

(index g)

Etymology

From English golf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡolf/
Hyphenation: golf

Noun

golf

golf

Declension

Inflection of golf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		golf	golfit
genitive		golfin	golfien
partitive		golfia	golfeja
illative		golfiin	golfeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		golf	golfit
accusative	nom.	golf	golfit
accusative	gen.	golfin	golfit
genitive		golfin	golfien
partitive		golfia	golfeja
inessive		golfissa	golfeissa
elative		golfista	golfeista
illative		golfiin	golfeihin
adessive		golfilla	golfeilla
ablative		golfilta	golfeilta
allative		golfille	golfeille
essive		golfina	golfeina
translative		golfiksi	golfeiksi
instructive		—	golfein
abessive		golfitta	golfeitta
comitative		—	golfeineen

Derived terms

verbs: golfata

French

Noun

golf m ‎(plural golf)

golf

Galician

Noun

golf m ‎(uncountable)

golf

Hungarian

Etymology

From English golf.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡolf]
Hyphenation: golf

Noun

golf ‎(plural golfok)

golf

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	golf	golfok
accusative	golfot	golfokat
dative	golfnak	golfoknak
instrumental	golffal	golfokkal
causal-final	golfért	golfokért
translative	golffá	golfokká
terminative	golfig	golfokig
essive-formal	golfként	golfokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	golfban	golfokban
superessive	golfon	golfokon
adessive	golfnál	golfoknál
illative	golfba	golfokba
sublative	golfra	golfokra
allative	golfhoz	golfokhoz
elative	golfból	golfokból
delative	golfról	golfokról
ablative	golftól	golfoktól

Possessive forms of golf
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	golfom	golfjaim
2nd person sing.	golfod	golfjaid
3rd person sing.	golfja	golfjai
1st person plural	golfunk	golfjaink
2nd person plural	golfotok	golfjaitok
3rd person plural	golfjuk	golfjaik