god

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[edit] English

A statue depicting Zeus, a Greek god.
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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English god (“deity”), Old High German got (a rank of deity) originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, both from the Proto-Germanic *gudan, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked [one]”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good.

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[edit] Noun

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  1. A deity:
    1. A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers.
    2. A male deity.
      • 2002. Chuck Palahniuk. Lullaby:
        When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.
    3. A supreme being; God, typically in some particular view or aspect.
  2. An idol
    1. A representation of a deity, notably a statue(tte).
    2. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
  3. (metaphor) A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
  4. An exceedingly handsome man.
    Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.

[edit] Usage notes

The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic -notably Judeo-Christian- usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess.

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terms derived from "god"

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terms related to "god"

[edit] Translations

deity
idol
person in high position of authority
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[edit] Verb

god (third-person singular simple present gods, present participle godding, simple past and past participle godded)

  1. to idolize
    • 1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, Act V Scene III:
      CORIOLANUS: This last old man, / Whom with a crack'd heart I have sent to Rome, / Loved me above the measure of a father; / Nay, godded me, indeed.
    • a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
      To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
    • 2001, Conrad C. Fink, Sportswriting: The Lively Game, page 78
      "Godded him up" ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?
  2. to deify
    • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.
      Then got he bow and fhafts of gold and lead, / In which fo fell and puiflant he grew, / That Jove himfelfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.
    • 1951, w:Eric Voegelin, Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (1987), page 125
      The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics
    • 1956, C. S. Lewis, Fritz Eichenberg, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, page 241
      "She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.

[edit] Translations

idolize
deify

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[edit] References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡoːd/, [ɡ̊oðˀ], [ɡ̊oːˀ]

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god (neuter godt, definite and plural gode, comparative bedre, superlative bedst)

  1. good

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Old Dutch got, from Proto-Germanic *gudan.

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[edit] Noun

god m. (plural goden, diminutive godje)

  1. god

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[edit] Gothic

[edit] Romanization

gōd

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳

[edit] Low German

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German, from Old Saxon. from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

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god

  1. good

[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology

Old English god

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god (plural gods, genitive goddes)

  1. god

[edit] Middle Low German

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Saxon, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɣoʊt/

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gôd

  1. good
[edit] Descendants
  • Low German god

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Saxon, from Proto-Germanic *gudan.

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  • gad (later Middle Low German)

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  • (later) IPA: /ɣɔt

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gōd m. (genitive godes)

  1. god

[edit] Navajo

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.

Cognates:

  • Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
  • Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey -gó’, Hare -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Dene Sųłiné -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Dunneza -gʷəd, Central Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena’ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd

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  • IPA: [kòt]~[kɣʷòt]

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-god (inalienable)

  1. knee

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse góðr.

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god (masculine god; feminine god; neuter godt; plural gode; comparative bedre; superlative best)

  1. good

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gudan, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked; poured, libated”), from an original root *ǵʰaw-, *ǵʰawH- (“call, invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“pour”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian god, Old Saxon god (Low German gad), Dutch god, Old High German got (German Gott), Old Norse goð, guð (Danish and Swedish gud), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek καυχάομαι (kaukhaomai, “I extol, boast”), Old Irish guth (“voice”), Old Church Slavonic зъвати (Russian звать (zvat’, “call”)).

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god n.

  1. god
[edit] Declension
    Declension of god (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative god godu
accusative god godu
genitive godes goda
dative gode godum

[edit] Noun

god m.

  1. God, the Christian god
[edit] Declension
    Declension of god (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative god godas
accusative god godas
genitive godes goda
dative gode godum
[edit] Descendants
  • English: god

[edit] Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰadʰ- (“to gather, align, match”). Cognate with Old Frisian gōd, Old Saxon gōd (Dutch goed), Old High German guot (German gut), Old Norse góðr (Swedish god), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (goths).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡoːd/

[edit] Adjective

gōd (comparative betera, superlative betst)

  1. good, appropriate, pleasing
[edit] Declension
Weak Strong
singular plural singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative gōda gōde gōde gōdan nom. gōd gōde gōd gōda, -e
accusative gōdan gōde gōdan acc. gōdne gōd gōde gōde gōd gōda, -e
genitive gōdan gōdra, gōdena gen. gōdes gōdes gōdre gōdra
dative gōdan gōdum dat. gōdum gōdum gōdre gōdum
instrumental gōde


[edit] Descendants

[edit] Noun

gōd n.

  1. good; goodness, benefit, well-being
[edit] Declension
    Declension of god (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative gōd gōd
accusative gōd gōd
genitive gōdes gōda
dative gōde gōdum

[edit] Old Saxon

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

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gōd

  1. good
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  • Middle Low German: god

[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *gudan.

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god m.

  1. god
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[edit] Romansch

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[edit] Etymology

Of probable Germanic origins (compare German Wald, Dutch woud).

[edit] Noun

god m. (plural gods)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) forest

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godъ. Cognate with Slovene god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ), Russian год (god).

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  • IPA: /ɡôːd/

[edit] Noun

gȏd m. (Cyrillic spelling го̑д)

  1. name day
  2. anniversary, holiday
  3. ring (on a tree)

[edit] Declension

    declension of god
singular plural
nominative gȏd gȍdovi
genitive goda godova
dative godu godovima
accusative god godove
vocative gode godovi
locative godu godovima
instrumental godom godovima

[edit] Particle

god (Cyrillic spelling год)

  1. generalization particle
    (t)ko god — whoever
    što god — whatever
    koji god — whichever
    Uzmi koji god hočeš.
    Take whichever you want.
    kad god — whenever
    čiji god — whoever's
    kako god — in whichever way
    kakav god — of whatever kind
    koliki god — of whichever size
    koliko god — no matter how much/many

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godъ. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian god, Old Church Slavonic годъ.

[edit] Noun

god m.

  1. name day

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

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[edit] Adjective

god (comparative godare, superlative godast)

  1. good (not bad), fine, useful
  2. good (not evil), kind
  3. good (tasting)

[edit] Declension

Declension of god
Inflections of
god		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common god godare godast
Neuter gott
Definite
singular		 Masc. gode godaste
All goda godaste
Plural goda godaste

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

god c. (pl. goaden)

  1. god, deity
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