God Definition

god

See also God, Gód, gód, and gød

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 References 1.7 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Gothic 4.1 Romanization 5 Low German 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Adjective 6 Middle English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Middle Low German 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Pronunciation 7.1.2 Adjective 7.1.2.1 Descendants 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Alternative forms 7.2.2 Pronunciation 7.2.3 Noun 8 Navajo 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 8.3.1 Derived terms 9 Norwegian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Adjective 10 Old English 10.1 Etymology 1 10.1.1 Pronunciation 10.1.2 Noun 10.1.2.1 Declension 10.1.3 Noun 10.1.3.1 Declension 10.1.3.2 Descendants 10.2 Etymology 2 10.2.1 Pronunciation 10.2.2 Adjective 10.2.2.1 Declension 10.2.2.2 Descendants 10.2.3 Noun 10.2.3.1 Declension 11 Old Saxon 11.1 Etymology 1 11.1.1 Adjective 11.1.1.1 Descendants 11.2 Etymology 2 11.2.1 Noun 11.2.1.1 Descendants 12 Romansch 12.1 Alternative forms 12.2 Etymology 12.3 Noun 13 Serbo-Croatian 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Pronunciation 13.3 Noun 13.3.1 Declension 13.4 Particle 14 Slovene 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Noun 15 Swedish 15.1 Etymology 15.2 Pronunciation 15.3 Adjective 15.3.1 Declension 15.3.2 Derived terms 15.3.3 Antonyms 16 West Frisian 16.1 Noun

English

A statue depicting Zeus, a Greek god. Wikipedia has an article on: God (word)

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡɒd/, SAMPA: /gQd/
• (US) IPA: /ɡɑːd/, SAMPA: /gAd/
• enPR: gŏd

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: God

Wikipedia god (plural gods)

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.

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.

Synonyms

• (supernatural being with superior powers): deity, See also Wikisaurus:god

Derived terms

terms derived from "god"

demigod God god-awful god-child, godchild goddam, goddamn goddaughter Goddess goddess godded godding godfather god-fearing god forbid god-forsaken, godforsaken God-given godhead godhood

god-king, god king godless godlike godliness godling godly godmother God of the gaps godparent godsend godship godson Godspeed godward household god ungodly

Related terms

terms related to "god"

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.

Translations

idolize

Dutch: verafgoden, idoliseren French: idolâtrer (fr)

Norwegian: forgude (no), idolisere (no) Spanish: idolatrar (es)

deify

French: déifier (fr) Norwegian: forgude (no)

Spanish: deificar (es)

See also

agnosticism apatheism atheism deism divine henotheism kathenotheism gnosticism

monolatrism monotheism pandeism pantheism polytheism Tetragrammaton theism

References

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

Anagrams

• dog, DOG

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡoːd/, [ɡ̊oðˀ], [ɡ̊oːˀ]

Adjective

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

1. good

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔt
• (Belgium)

  /ʝɔt/

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• (Netherlands)

  /ɣɔt/

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Noun

god m. (plural goden, diminutive godje, diminutive plural godjes)

1. god

Related terms

• godin

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Gothic

Romanization

gōd

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳

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Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: ɣɔʊt, IPA: ɣoʊt

Adjective

god

1. good

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Middle English

Etymology

Old English god

Noun

god (plural gods, genitive goddes)

1. god

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Middle Low German

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɣoʊt/

Adjective

gôd

1. good

Descendants

• Low German god

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon from Proto-Germanic *gudan.

Alternative forms

• gad (later Middle Low German)

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA: [ɣɔːt], IPA: [ɣɒːt] (see the A-O-merge)

• (later) IPA: /ɣɔt

Noun

gōd m. (genitive godes)

1. god

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Navajo

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kòt]~[kɣʷòt]

Noun

-god (inalienable)

1. knee

Derived terms

• shigod = "my knee"
• bigod = "her/his/their knee"

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse góðr.

Adjective

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

1. good

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Old English

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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡod/

Noun

god n.

1. god

Declension

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	god	godu
accusative	god	godu
genitive	godes	goda
dative	gode	godum

Noun

god m.

1. God, the Christian god

Declension

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	god	godas
accusative	god	godas
genitive	godes	goda
dative	gode	godum

Descendants

• English: god

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡoːd/

Adjective

gōd (comparative betera, superlative betst)

1. good, appropriate, pleasing

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

Descendants

• English: good
• Scots: guid

Noun

gōd n.

1. good; goodness, benefit, well-being

Declension

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	gōd	gōd
accusative	gōd	gōd
genitive	gōdes	gōda
dative	gōde	gōdum

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Adjective

gōd

1. good

Descendants

• Middle Low German: god

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *gudan.

Noun

god m.

1. god

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gad, god

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) guaud
• (Sursilvan) uaul
• (Sutsilvan) gòld
• (Surmiran) gôt

Etymology

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

Noun

god m. (plural gods)

1. (Puter, Vallader) forest

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡôːd/

Noun

gȏd m. (Cyrillic spelling го̑д)

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

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

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

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Noun

god m.

1. name day

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɡuːd/

Adjective

god (comparative godare, superlative godast)

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

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

Derived terms

• god dag

Antonyms

• (not bad): dålig
• (not evil): elak, ond
• (tasting): äcklig, illasmakande

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West Frisian

Noun

god c. (pl. goaden)

1. god, deity

 

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