Gut

See also: gut, guts, and GUT

English

Etymology

• As a German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, variant of Guth. Also compare Gutmann.
• As an English surname, from the noun gut. See Gott.

Proper noun

Gut (plural Guts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gut is the 34574^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Gut is most common among White (84.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gut”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104.

Anagrams

• UTG, tug

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡut]

Proper noun

Gut m anim (female equivalent Gutová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Gut (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gut	Gutové
genitive	Guta	Gutů
dative	Gutovi	Gutům
accusative	Guta	Guty
vocative	Gute	Gutové
locative	Gutovi	Gutech
instrumental	Gutem	Guty

Further reading

• “Gut”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German guot (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

Gut n (strong, genitive Gutes or Guts, plural Güter)

1. commodity, property, possession, good
2. a large farmstead, estate related to agriculture

   Synonyms: Landgut, Gutshof

   • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 2, in Buddenbrooks […] ‎^[1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 438:

     Pöppenrade ist ein großes Gut. Ich weiß positiv, daß es mehr als tausend Sack Weizen bringt …

     Pöppenrade is a large estate, I know for a fact that it grows more than a thousand sacks of wheat.

Declension

Declension of Gut [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gut	die	Güter
genitive	eines	des	Gutes, Guts	der	Güter
dative	einem	dem	Gut, Gute1	den	Gütern
accusative	ein	das	Gut	die	Güter

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Bauerngut
• Diebesgut
• Frachtgut
• Gedankengut
• Gemeingut
• Kulturgut
• Landgut
• Leergut
• Naturgut
• Rittergut
• Saatgut
• Sprachgut
• Strandgut
• Stückgut
• Treibgut
• Weingut

Related terms

• Gütergemeinschaft
• Gütertransport
• Güterverkehr

• Gutsbesitz
• Gutsherr
• Gutshof

• gut, gütig
  

Etymology 2

From the adjective gut (“good”).

Noun

Gut n (strong, genitive Guts, plural Guts)

1. being of an academic grade evidencing performance well above the average requirements, B

   Synonyms: (Germany, Austria) Zwei, (Austro-Bavarian) Zweier, (Switzerland) Fünf

Further reading

• “Gut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Gut” in Duden online
• Gut on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡut/
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: Gut

Proper noun

Gut m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Gut

	singular	plural
nominative	Gut	Gutowie
genitive	Guta	Gutów
dative	Gutowi	Gutom
accusative	Guta	Gutów
instrumental	Gutem	Gutami
locative	Gucie	Gutach
vocative	Gucie	Gutowie

Proper noun

Gut f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

nouns

• Gutowa
• Gutówna