Gud

See also: Guð, gud, and guð

Danish

Etymology

See gud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡud/, [ˈɡ̊uð]

Proper noun

Gud c

1. God (single god of monotheism)

Faroese

Etymology

See gud.

Noun

Gud m

1. God

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Gu (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

See gud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʉː(d)/, /ɡʊː/
• Note: The word is largely literary today, whence the common pronunciation with /d/.

Noun

Gud m

1. God

   Gud betre meg. ― God help me.

Derived terms

• herregud (“oh my God”)

Swedish

Etymology

See gud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʉːd/
• Rhymes: -ʉːd

Proper noun

Gud c (genitive Guds)

1. God

   Helige Gud, helige starke, helige odödlige, förbarma Dig över oss.

   Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

   • 1998, Mohammed Knut Bernström, transl., “Ṭā Hā 20:14”, in Koranens budskap [The Message of the Quran]‎^[1], Proprius förlag, accessed at Quran.com, archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     Jag är Gud. Ingen gudom finns utom Jag.

     I am God. There is no deity but Me.

   • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Första Moseboken 1:27 [Genesis 1:27]”, in Bibel 2000‎^[2], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     Gud skapade människan till sin avbild, till Guds avbild skapade han henne.

     God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him.

   • 2020, Bengt Ellenberger, transl., Augustinus Bekännelser [Augustine's Confessions], Artos, →ISBN, page 75:

     Jag avföll från dig, min Gud, och for vill.

     I fell away from you, my God, and went astray.

Derived terms

• Gud nåde (“God help”)

See also

• Herre

References

• “Gud”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• dug

Yola

Alternative forms

• God

Etymology

Derived from Middle English God.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊd/, /ɡɔd/

Proper noun

Gud

1. God
   • 2005, Jacob Poole Of Growtown - And the Yola Dialect‎^[3]:

     Religion: chourch, priesth, parieshe, Gud, Messe, Cresst.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• gud