Gott

See also gott

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɔt/

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Noun

Gott m (genitive Gottes, plural Götter) (or n, see Usage notes)

1. god

Declension

declension of Gott

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gott	die	Götter
genitive	eines	des	Gottes	der	Götter
dative	einem	dem	Gott, Gotte (archaic)	den	Göttern
accusative	einen	den	Gott	die	Götter

Proper noun

Gott

1. God

Usage notes

The word was neuter in Old High German, but Christianity shifted the word to masculine and necessitated the creation of a separate word (Göttin) for goddess. Thus in Christian contexts the word is usually masculine, while in others it is usually neuter.

Derived terms

• Gottesacker
• Götterdämmerung
• Gottesfurcht
• Göttergabe
• göttergleich
• Götterlehre
• gottgegeben
• gottgleich
• Göttin
• göttlich
• Göttlichkeit
• gottlos
• Gottesreich
• Götz
• Götze
• mein Gott

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Kot

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Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Gott

1. God

Noun

Gott m (plural Gëtter)

1. god

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Nauruan

Etymology

From German Gott.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɔt/

Proper noun

Gott

1. God