[edit] English
Wikipedia
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
Wikiquote
Michaelangelo: The Creation
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from the Old English god (“supreme being, deity”), related to Old High German got (“a rank of deity”), from the Proto-Germanic *gudan, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“that which is invoked”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰaw- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
God
- The single deity of various monotheistic religions.
- The single male deity of various duotheistic religions.
- An impersonal and universal spiritual presence or force.
- An omnipotent being, creator of the universe (as in deism).
- The (personification of the) laws of nature.
[edit] Usage notes
God often referred to by masculine pronouns, not necessarily inferring that the speaker believes that God is male. He is also referred to by pronouns that begin with a capital letter, as a sign of respect, in many languages written in Latin script. In English, these would include He, Him, His and Himself.
[edit] Synonyms
- The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. Use the template {{sense|"gloss"}}, substituting a short version of the definition for "gloss".
- Allah, Almighty, cosmocrat, Divine Father, G-d, god, Jehovah, Lord,LORD, Most High, Yahweh
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
single deity of monotheism
- Afrikaans: God
- Ainu: カムイ (kamuy)
- Albanian: Perëndia (sq)
- Arabic: الله (ar) (Allāh) m., إله (ar) ('ilāh), الرب (ar) (ar-rább) m.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܐܠܗܐ (’Alāhā’) m., ܐܝܠ (’Īl)
- Armenian: Աստված (Astvaç), Տեր (Ter)
- Aromanian: dumnidzã
- Belarusian: Бог (be) (Boh) m.
- Bosnian: Bog (bs) m.
- Bulgarian: бог (bg) (bog) m.
- Catalan: Déu (ca) m.
- Chamicuro: yosi
- Cherokee: ᎤᏁᏆ (chr) (unequa), ᎠᏓᏅᏙ (chr) (adanvdo), ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ (chr) (unelanvhi), ᎡᏙᏓ (chr) (edoda)
- Cheyenne: ma'heo'o
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 上帝 (cmn) (Shàngdì), (in Catholicism) 天主 (cmn) (Tiānzhŭ)
- Croatian: Bog (hr) m.
- Czech: Bůh (cs) m.
- Danish: Gud (da)
- Dutch: God (nl) m.
- Esperanto: Dio (eo)
- Estonian: jumal (et)
- Faroese: Gud (fo) m., Guð (fo) m.
- Finnish: Jumala (fi), jumala (fi)
- French: Dieu (fr) m.
- Old French: Deus m.
- Middle French: Dieu m.
- Georgian: ღმერთი (ka) (ɣ̞mert'i)
- German: Gott (de) m.
- Greek: Θεός (el) (Theós) m.
- Haitian Creole: Bondye
- Hawaiian: Akua
- Hebrew: אלהא (’Alāhā’) m., איל (’Īl)
- Hebrew: יהוה (YHVH) (Adonái)
- Hindi: ईश्वर (hi) (eshwar) m.
- Hungarian: Isten (hu), Úristen (hu), Jóisten (hu)
- Hunsrik: Kot
- Icelandic: Guð (is)
- Ilocano: Dios
- Indonesian: Allah (id), Tuhan (id)
- Interlingua: Deo (ia)
- Irish: Dia (ga) m.
- Italian: Dio (it) m.
- Japanese: 神 (かみ, kami), 神様 (かみさま, kamisama), デウス
- Kamba: Ngai
- Kannada: ದೇವರು (kn) (dēvaru)
- Khmer: ព្រះ (prayah)
- Kikuyu: Ngai
- Korean: 신 (ko) (sin)
|
|
- Kurdish: خودا, خوا
- Ladino:
- Latin: El Dyo m.
- Lakota: Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka
- Lao: ພະເຈົ້າ (lo) (pha'-cau)
- Latgalian: Dīvs m.
- Latin: Deus (la) m.
- Latvian: Dievs (lv)
- Lithuanian: Dievas (lt) m.
- Luhya: wele
- Luo: Nyasae
- Macedonian: Бог (mk) (Bog) m.
- Malay: Tuhan (ms), Allah (ms)
- Maltese: Alla (mt)
- Maori: Atua (mi)
- Mongolian: Бурхан (mn)
- Nauruan: Gott (na)
- Navajo: Diyin Ayóí Átʼéii, Diyin God
- Northern Sami: Ipmil
- Norwegian: Gud (no) m., Herre (no)
- Ojibwe: gichi-manidoo
- Old Provençal: Deu
- Old Prussian: Dēiws m., dēiws m.
- Pashto: خداى (ps) (xwdāy) m.
- Persian: خدا (fa) (khoda)
- Polish: Bóg (pl) m.
- Portuguese: Deus (pt) m.
- Romanian: Dumnezeu (ro) m.
- Russian: Бог (ru) (Box) m., Господь (ru) (gospód’) m.
- Samogitian: (modern) Dievs m., (archaic) Dėivs m.
- Scottish Gaelic: Dia (gd) m.
- Serbian: Бог (sr) (Bog) m., Господ (sr) (Gospod) m.
- Slovak: Boh (sk) m.
- Slovene: Bog (sl) m.
- Sotho: Modimo (st), Ramasedi (st), Raseokamelabatho (st)
- Spanish: Dios (es) m.
- Swahili: Allah (sw), Mungu (sw)
- Swedish: Gud (sv) m.
- Tagalog: Diyos (tl), Panginoon (tl), Maykapal (tl)
- Telugu: గాడ్ (te)
- Thai: พระเจ้า (th) (Pra-Jao)
- Turkish: Tanrı (tr)
- Ukrainian: Бог (uk) (Boh) m.
- Urdu: الله (ur) (Allāh), خدا (ur) (khudā)
- Vietnamese: Thiên Chúa (vi)
- West Frisian: God (fy) c.
- !Xóõ: bīhi sà bòlo
- Zulu: Ujehova (zu)
|
single male deity of duotheism
impersonal, universal, spiritual presence
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
- Afrikaans: God
- Basque: Jaungoiko (eu) / Jaungoikoa, Jainko / Jainkoa
- Serbo-Croatian: Bog m., Allah m.
- Bulgarian: бог (bg) (bog) m.
- Cebuano: Diyos
- Serbo-Croatian: Bog, Gospodin
- French: Dieu (fr) m.
- Gilbertese: atua
- Hebrew: יהוה (YHVH) (Adonái), השם (ha-Shem) (reverent form, lit. "the Name"), אלוהים (ĕlōhîm) (lit. "Gods" plural, refers to the one God), אל (El) or האל (ha-El) (God), 'ה or יי or 'ד (Adonai) (abbr. forms), אדֹני (phonetic "Adonai"), יה ("Yah," as in "Halleluyah"), ריבונו של עולם (Ribono shel Olam) (Master of the Universe), שכינה (Sh'chinah) (Divine Presence, often used to refer to a feminine interpretation of God)
- Hindi: ईश्वर (īshvar), परमेश्वर (parameshvar), भगवान bhagvān, परमात्मा (paramātmā), देवता (devtā), दैवता (daivtā)
- Icelandic: Guð
- Indonesian: Tuhan
- Interlingua: Deo
- Korean: 신 (神, Sin), 하느님 (Haneunim)
- Latin: deus (la) m.
- Lithuanian: Dievas m.
|
|
|
[edit] See also
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
God
- God
- God, neem me mee naar een plek hier ver vandaan. -- Kempi & Willy - Hier Ver Vandaan 2009 [1]
- Oh, mijn God - Oh my god
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] West Frisian
[edit] Proper noun
God
- God
