gutt

See also: Gutt

English

Noun

gutt (plural gutts)

1. Obsolete form of gut.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Cognate with German gut, Dutch goed, English good, Icelandic góður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡut/
• Rhymes: -ut
• Homophone: Gutt

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Adjective

gutt (masculine gudden, neuter gutt, comparative besser, superlative am beschten)

1. good

   Mer sinn op engem gudde Wee.

   We are on a good way.

Declension

declension of gutt

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass gutt	si ass gutt	et ass gutt	si si(nn) gutt
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	gudden	gutt	gutt	gutt
	independent without determiner			guddes	gudder
dative	after any declined word	gudden	gudder	gudden	gudden
	as first declined word	guddem		guddem

Middle English

Noun

gutt

1. Alternative form of gutte

Norwegian Bokmål

gutt

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch guit (“troublemaker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʉtː/

Noun

gutt m (definite singular gutten, indefinite plural gutter, definite plural guttene)

1. a boy

Usage notes

• Between 1938 and 1983, gutta was a co-standard definite plural form. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, hest, kar, tupp.

Derived terms

• ballgutt
• guttenavn
• skolegutt

Descendants

• → Danish: gut

See also

• gut (Nynorsk)

References

• “gutt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gutt m (definite singular gutten, indefinite plural guttar, definite plural guttane)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of gut

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gutt, a byform of Proto-West Germanic *gutō, from Proto-Germanic *gutô (“channel, trough, gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡutt/, [ɡut]

Noun

gutt m

1. gut, entrail

Inflection

Declension of gutt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gutt	guttas
accusative	gutt	guttas
genitive	guttes	gutta
dative	gutte	guttum

Synonyms

• þearm

Related terms

• ġēotan
• gyte

Descendants

• Middle English: gut, gutt, gott
  • English: gut
  • Scots: gut