gott

See also: Gott, GOtt, gött, gótt, and gôtt

Faroese

Adjective

gott n

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of góður

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔht/

  Rhymes: -ɔht

Adjective

gott

1. (strong positive degree neuter nominative form of góður (“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 degree neuter accusative form of góður (“good”)

See also

• eins gott

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• good (widespread variant)
• gout (Eupen, the variant found in compounds)
• joot (Krefeld)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɔt/, [ɣot]
• Homophone: Gott
• Hyphenation: gott
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Adjective

gott (masculine gouwe, feminine go, neuter gott, comparative béëter, superlative béttste)

1. (Eupen) good

Derived terms

• Gotts

Manx

Noun

gott

1. Eclipsed form of cott.

Old Norse

Adjective

gott

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of góðr

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/
• Homophone: gått

Adjective

gott

1. indefinite neuter singular 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!