Gott

See also: gott, GOtt, gött, and gótt

English

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Gott

Wikipedia

Etymology

Possibly from German Gott ("God").

Proper noun

Gott

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• OGTT

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German got, from Old High German got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god, deity”). Cognate with German Gott, English God.

Proper noun

Gott m

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) God

   Gott dar Hèere ― God the Lord

References

• “Gott” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

German

Etymology

From Middle High German got, from Old High German got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Compare Dutch god, English god, Danish gud, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. god

Declension

Declension of Gott [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gott	die	Götter
genitive	eines	des	Gottes, Gotts	der	Götter
dative	einem	dem	Gott, Gotte1	den	Göttern
accusative	einen	den	Gott	die	Götter

¹Now rare, see notes.

Earlier (16-18th century), the word Gott was also declined as follows:

Declension of Gott [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gott	die	Götter
genitive	eines	des	Gottes, Gotts	der	Götteren, Göttern, Götter
dative	einem	dem	Gott, Gotte1	den	Götteren, Göttern
accusative	einen	den	Gott	die	Götter

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Donnergott
• Sonnengott
• See also: Category:de:Gods

Proper noun

Gott m (proper noun, strong, genitive Gottes or (rare) Gotts)

1. God

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

• GOtt

Derived terms

• Abgott
• Gott hab ihn selig
• Gott im Himmel
• Gott mit uns
• Gott sei Dank
• Götterdämmerung
• Göttergabe
• Göttergatte
• gottergeben
• göttergleich
• Götterlehre
• Gottesacker
• Gottesanbeterin
• Gottesbeweis
• Gottesdienst
• Gottesfurcht
• gottesfürchtig
• Gottesgebärerin
• Gotteshaus
• Gottesmord
• Gottesreich
• Gottesurteil
• gottfroh
• gottgefällig
• gottgegeben
• gottgläubig
• gottgleich
• Gottheit
• Gottkaiser
• Gottklasse
• göttlich
• Göttlichkeit
• gottlos
• Gottseibeiuns
• Gottvater
• gottverdammt
• Götz
• Götze
• grüß Gott
• Herrgott
• Hühnergott
• kleine Sünden bestraft der liebe Gott sofort
• Lamm Gottes
• mein Gott
• Rachegott
• so Gott will
• vergelt's Gott
• vergöttern
• wie Gott in Frankreich leben

Further reading

• “Gott” in Duden online
• “Gott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache