God

See also god, gød, gód, and Gód

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Etymology

See god.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: gŏd, IPA: /ɡɒd/, X-SAMPA: /gQd/

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• (US) IPA: /ɡɑd/, X-SAMPA: /gAd/

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Proper noun

God

1. The single deity of various monotheistic religions.

   Dawn believes in one God, but Willow believes in multiple gods and goddesses.

2. The single male deity of various duotheistic religions.
3. An impersonal and universal spiritual presence or force.
4. creator of the universe (as in deism).
5. The (personification of the) laws of nature.

Usage notes

God is often referred to by masculine pronouns, not necessarily implying that the speaker believes God to be male. God 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 include He, Him, His and Himself. Many Jews follow a prohibition in their tradition against using this term and other equivalents in writing (see G-d).

Synonyms

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• Allah, Almighty, cosmocrat, Divine Father, G-d, god, Jehovah, Lord, LORD, Most High, Yahweh, Brahman, Ahura Mazda, Ra, Waheguru, Sage, Odin, Zeus

Derived terms

terms derived from God

act of God Goddess God the Father God the Son God's acre God's algorithm God's country God's gift to man God's gift to women

God's green earth God's honest truth God's mercy God's number God of the gaps goddamn godforsaken God Squad oh my God

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 (hy) (Astvac)
• Aromanian: dumnidzã (rup)
• Baluchi: ہدا (huda), خدا (xuda)
• Belarusian: Бог (be) (Boh) 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)

• Czech: Bůh (cs) m
• Dalmatian: Di
• 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
• Greenlandic: Guuti (kl)
• Haitian Creole: Bondye
• Hakka: Songti
• 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:

  Sorani: خودا, خوا

• Ladino:

  Roman: 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)
• Middle Dutch: God
• Min Nan: Siōng-tè (nan)
• Mongolian: Бурхан (mn) (Burhan)
• Nauruan: Gott (na)
• Navajo: Diyin Ayóo Átʼéii, Diyin God
• Northern Sami: Ipmil
• Norwegian: Gud (no) m, Herre (no)
• Ojibwe: gichi-manidoo
• Old English: god (ang) m, dryhten (ang) m
• Old Norse: goð m, guð m
• Old Provençal: Deu
• Old Prussian: Dēiws m, dēiws m
• Old Saxon: God
• Pashto: خدای (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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Bog (sh) m, Gospod (sh) m

  Cyrillic: Бог (sh) m, Господ (sh) m

• Slovak: Boh (sk) m
• Slovene: Bóg (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), దేవుడు (te)
• Thai: พระเจ้า (th) (Pra-Jao)
• Tibetan: ལྷ། (bo)
• Turkish: Tanrı (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бог (uk) (Boh) m
• Urdu: الله (ur) (Allāh), خدا (ur) (khudā)
• Vietnamese: Thiên Chúa (vi)
• Welsh: Duw (cy)
• West Frisian: God (fy) c
• Yaqui: Lios
• Zulu: Ujehova (zu)
• ǃXóõ: bīhi sà bòlo

single male deity of duotheism

• Arabic: اله (ar) (ilāh) m
• Armenian: աստված (hy) (astvac)
• Catalan: Déu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神 (cmn) (Shén), 男神 (cmn) (Nánshén)

• Czech: Bůh (cs) m
• Dutch: God (nl) m
• Esperanto: Dio (eo)
• Estonian: jumal (et)
• Finnish: jumala (fi)
• French: Dieu (fr) m
• German: Gott (de) m
• Greek: Θεός (el) (Theós) m
• Ilocano: Dios

• Italian: Dio (it) m
• Japanese: 神 (かみ, kami), 神様 (かみさま, kamisama)
• Lao: ພະເຈົ້າ (lo) (pha'-cau)
• Lithuanian: Dievas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бог (mk) (bog) m
• Portuguese: Deus (pt) m
• Romanian: Dumnezeu (ro) m
• Russian: бог (ru) (box) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Dia (gd) m
• Spanish: Dios (es) m
• Swahili: Jalali (sw)
• Swedish: Gud (sv) m
• Tagalog: Diyos (tl), Panginoon (tl), Maykapal (tl)
• Telugu: దేవుడు (te)

impersonal, universal, spiritual presence

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܠܗܐ (’Alāhā’) m

  Hebrew: אלהא (’Alāhā’) m

• Armenian: աստված (hy) (astvac)
• Catalan: Déu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上帝 (cmn) (Shàngdì)

• Czech: bůh (cs) m
• Danish: Gud (da) n
• Dutch: God (nl) m
• Esperanto: Dio (eo)
• Finnish: jumala (fi), Jumala (fi)
• German: Gott (de) m

• Greek: Θεός (el) (Theós) m
• Italian: Dio (it) m
• Lao: ພະເຈົ້າ (lo) (pha'-cau)
• Lithuanian: Dievas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бог (mk) (bog) m
• Polish: Bóg (pl) m
• Romanian: Dumnezeu (ro) m, dumnezeu (ro) m
• Russian: бог (ru) (box) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Dia (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: duh (sh) m
• Swahili: Jalali (sw)
• Tagalog: Diyos (tl)
• Turkish: Tengri (tr)

omnipotent being

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܠܗܐ (’Alāhā’) m

  Hebrew: אלהא (’Alāhā’) m

• Armenian: աստված (hy) (astvac)
• Catalan: Déu (ca) m
• Chickasaw: Chihoowa
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天神 (cmn) (tiānshén)

• Czech: bůh (cs) m
• Danish: Gud (da)
• Dutch: god (nl), God (nl) m
• Esperanto: Dio (eo)
• Finnish: jumala (fi), Jumala (fi)
• French: Dieu (fr) m
• German: Gott (de) m
• Greek: Θεός (el) (Theós) m
• Hindi: भगवान (hi) (bhagavān), परमेश्वर (hi) (parameshwar), परमात्मा (hi) (paramātmā)

• Italian: Dio (it) m
• Kikuyu: Ngai
• Lao: ພະເຈົ້າ (lo) (pha'-cau)
• Lithuanian: Dievas (lt) m
• Luhya: Were
• Luo: Nyasaye
• Macedonian: бог (mk) (bog) m
• Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭦𐭲𐭠𐭭 (yaztân)
• Old Prussian: Dēiws m, dēiws m
• Polish: Bóg (pl) m
• Romanian: Dumnezeu (ro) m, dumnezeu (ro) m
• Russian: бог (ru) (box) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Dia (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: božanstvo (sh) n
• Swahili: Jalali (sw)
• Swedish: Gud (sv) m
• Tagalog: Diyos (tl)
• Urdu: خدا (ur) (khudā)

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• 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

• Luganda: Katonda
• Maltese: Alla
• Nauruan: Gott
• Nepali: ईश्वर (ishwar), परमेश्वर (parameshwar), परमात्मा (paramatma), देवता (deuta/devta)
• Occitan: Deu m
• Old Prussian: Dēiws m, dēiws m
• Persian: خُداوَند (χodāvænd)
• Punjabi: ਰੱਬ (rabb), ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ (vāhigurū)
• Sardinian: Deus m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бог (sh) m, Господ (sh) m

  Roman: Bog m, Gospod m

• Slovak: Boh m
• Spanish: Dios m
• Swahili: Allah (noun 1)
• Swedish: Gud m
• Tausug: Tuhan
• Thai: พระเจ้า (phrā jào), เทพเจ้า (thèhp jào)
• Ukrainian: бог (boɦ) m
• Welsh: Duw m

See also

• god
• atheism
• divine
• monotheism
• polytheism
• Tetragrammaton
• theism

Anagrams

• dog, DOG

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch God.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xɔt/

Proper noun

God

1. God

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Dutch

Etymology

See god.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔt
• (Belgium) IPA: /ʝɔt/

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• (Netherlands) IPA: /ɣɔt/

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Proper noun

God m

1. God

   God, neem me mee naar een plek hier ver vandaan. -- Kempi & Willy - Hier Ver Vandaan 2009 [1]

   Oh, mijn God - Oh my god

Derived terms

• godgeleerdheid
• godsdienst

See also

• god

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English God

Proper noun

God

1. God (Abrahamic monotheistic deity)
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):

     Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

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West Frisian

Etymology

See god.

Proper noun

God

1. God