god

See also: Appendix:Variations of "god"

English

Etymology

The Vedic god Indra (sense 1) on his mount Airavata.

A statue depicting Zeus, a Greek god (sense 1).

A Neopagan altar in Björkö, Sweden; the larger wooden figure represents the Norse god Frey (sense 1).

From Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from *ǵʰutóm, neuter/inanimate of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good or Persian ‎ (xodâ, “god”).

Cognates include Russian звать (zvatʹ, “to call”), Sanskrit होत्र (hotra, “calling, oblation, sacrifice”) and Latin fūtilis (“easily pours out, leaky”) (whence English futile). Doublet of futile.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒd/, /ɡɔːd/
(General American, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ɡɑd/
Audio (GA) (file)
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɡɔd/, /ɡɔːd/
(Canada, Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɒːd/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɡɔd/
enPR: gŏd
Homophone: gaud (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

god (plural gods)

A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:god
The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.
- 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.
Alternative letter-case form of God.
An idol.
Leo Messi is my god!
1. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
2. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
  - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Philippians 3:19:
    whose god is their belly
(figurative, slang) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
He is the god of soccer!
(figurative) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.
(figurative) A powerful ruler or tyrant.
(colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man.
Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.
- a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, Disabled
  Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.
(Internet, role-playing games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
- 1996, Andy Eddy, Internet after hours:
  The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.
- 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max, page 11:
  The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as 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. (In Old English the feminine gyden, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine goda, existed.)

Alternative forms

gawd, Gawd, God

Derived terms

demigod
GOD
God
god-awful
god-child, godchild
goddam, goddamn
goddaughter
godded
goddess
Goddess
godding
goddish
god-emperor
godfather
god-fearing
God forbid
god-forsaken, godforsaken
God-given
godhead
godhood
godkiller
god-king, god king
godless
godlike
godliness
godling
godlore
godly
god mode
godmother
godness
God of the gaps
godparent
godsend
godship
godsibling
godslaughter
godson
Godspeed
Godward
halfgod
household god
momentary god
ungodly
worship the porcelain god

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: gado

Translations

See god/translations § Noun.

Proper noun

god

(very rare) Alternative form of God
- 1530, William Tyndall, An aunſwere vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue in The whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy Martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before ſcattered, & now in Print here exhibited to the Church (1573), page 271/2:
  And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.
- 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, "The Happy Man" in The Wild Knight and Other Poems:
  Golgotha's ghastly trinity—
  Three persons and one god.

Verb

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

(transitive) 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?
(transitive) 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, 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 (nl), idoliseren (nl)
French: idolâtrer (fr)
Galician: idolatrar (gl)
Norwegian: forgude, idolisere
Portuguese: idolatrar (pt)
Spanish: endiosar (es), idolatrar (es)
Turkish: tanrılaştırmak (tr), ilahlaştırmak

deify

Bulgarian: обожествявам (obožestvjavam)
Dutch: verafgoden (nl)
French: déifier (fr)
Norwegian: forgude
Portuguese: deificar
Spanish: endiosar (es), deificar (es)
Turkish: tanrılaştırmak (tr), ilahlaştırmak

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Bosworth, Toller, "An Anglo Saxon Dictionary": http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/017298

Anagrams

DOG, Dog, dog

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gōþær, gothær, from Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Cognate with English good and German gut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊oˀð], [ˈɡ̊oðˀ], [ˈɡ̊oˀ]
Rhymes: -oð

Adjective

god (neuter godt, plural and definite singular attributive gode, comparative bedre, superlative (predicative) bedst, superlative (attributive) bedste)

good

References

“god” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch god, from Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”). Compare English and West Frisian god, German Gott, Danish gud.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɔt/
Rhymes: -ɔt
(Belgium) IPA^(key): [ʝɔt]
(Netherlands) IPA^(key): [xɔt]

Noun

god m (plural goden, diminutive godje n, feminine godin)

god, deity

Derived terms

afgod
berggod
God
godbevinding
godenbeeld
godenbrood
godendienst
godendochter
godendom
godendrank
godenkind
godenleer
godenspijs
godenzoon
godgeleerdheid
godgezang
godheid
godin
godsakker
godschalk
godsdienst
godsgebied
godsgeheim
godshuis
godskind
godslastering
godsloochening
godsnaam
godvormig
gut
krijgsgod
minnegod
ongodisme
vruchtbaarheidsgod

Descendants

Negerhollands: god, got, godt

Gothic

Romanization

gōd

Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳

Low German

Alternative forms

good, goot, got
(in other dialects) gaud (comparative bäter, beter)
(in other dialects) gut (comparative bȩter)
(in other dialects) gud (comparative biäter), gutt (inflected gudd-)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoʊt/, /ɣɔʊt/, /ɣoʊt/

Adjective

god

(in some dialects) good (alternative spelling of goot)

Usage notes

The comparative is bäter and the superlative is best.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

god

Superseded spelling of gód.

Middle Dutch

Noun

god m

Alternative spelling of got

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Alternative forms

God, godd, godde

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔd/

Noun

god (plural goddes, genitive goddes)

A god or deity; a divine individual.
A person worshipped as a divinity.

Descendants

English: god
Scots: god
Yola: gud, Gud, God

Proper noun

god (genitive goddes, uncountable)

God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  ⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of god
  And lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

Related terms

godfader
godmoder
godsone

Descendants

English: God
Scots: God
Yola: Gud

References

god in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
“god, god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English gōd (“good”).

Adjective

god

Alternative form of good

Middle Low German

Adjective

god

Alternative spelling of gôt.

Noun

god

Alternative spelling of got.
Alternative spelling of gôt.

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.

Cognates:

Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Beaver -gʷəd, Lower Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena'ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kòt], [kɣʷòt]

Noun

-god (inalienable)

knee

Derived terms

agod (“someone’s knee”)
hagod (“one’s knee”)
bigod (“his/her/their knee”)
shigod (“my knee”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuː/, [ɡɯᵝː]

Adjective

god (neuter singular godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

good

Derived terms

godartet
god dag
god jul
god natt
godta
godt nytt år, godt nyttår
ingen nyheter er gode nyheter
selvgod
så langt, så godt

References

“god” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuː/

Adjective

god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

good

Derived terms

god dag
god jol, god jul
god natt
godt nytt år, godt nyttår
så langt, så godt

References

“god” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

Adjective

gōd (comparative betera, superlative betest, adverb wel)

good

Declension

Declension of gōd — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōd	gōd	gōd
Accusative	gōdne	gōde	gōd
Genitive	gōdes	gōdre	gōdes
Dative	gōdum	gōdre	gōdum
Instrumental	gōde	gōdre	gōde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōde	gōda, gōde	gōd
Accusative	gōde	gōda, gōde	gōd
Genitive	gōdra	gōdra	gōdra
Dative	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum
Instrumental	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum

Declension of gōd — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōda	gōde	gōde
Accusative	gōdan	gōdan	gōde
Genitive	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan
Dative	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan
Instrumental	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan
Accusative	gōdan	gōdan	gōdan
Genitive	gōdra, gōdena	gōdra, gōdena	gōdra, gōdena
Dative	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum
Instrumental	gōdum	gōdum	gōdum

Derived terms

gōdnes

Descendants

Middle English: good, god, gode, goed, gude
- English: good
- Scots: guid
- Yola: gooude, gude, gayde

Noun

gōd n

good (something good or good things collectively)

Declension

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡod/

Noun

god n or m

a god

Declension

neuter

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

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

masculine

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

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

Synonyms

ōs

Derived terms

godcund (“divine, godlike”)
gyden (“goddess”)

Proper noun

god m

Alternative letter-case form of God.

Declension

Declension of god (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	God	—
accusative	God	—
genitive	Godes	—
dative	Gode	—

Descendants

Middle English: god, God, godd, godde
- English: god
- Scots: god
- Yola: gud, Gud, God

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Adjective

gōd

good

Inflection

Declension of god — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōd	gōde	gōd
Accusative	gōdne, -ene, -en	gōde	gōd
Genitive	gōdes	gōdere	gōdes
Dative	gōda, -e	gōdere	gōda, -e
Instrumental	gōda, -e	gōdere	gōda, -e
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōda, -e	gōda, -e	gōda, -e
Accusative	gōda, -e	gōda, -e	gōda, -e
Genitive	gōdera	gōdera	gōdera
Dative	gōda, -e	gōda, -e	gōda, -e
Instrumental	gōda, -e	gōda, -e	gōda, -e

Declension of god — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōda	gōde	gōde
Accusative	gōda	gōda	gōde
Genitive	gōda	gōda	gōda
Dative	gōda	gōda	gōda
Instrumental	gōda	gōda	gōda
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gōda	gōda	gōda
Accusative	gōda	gōda	gōda
Genitive	gōdena	gōdena	gōdena
Dative	gōdum, -on	gōdum, -on	gōdum, -on
Instrumental	gōdum, -on	gōdum, -on	gōdum, -on

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: gud
Saterland Frisian: goud
West Frisian: goed

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

Compare Old English gōd, Old Frisian gōd, Old High German guot, Old Dutch guot, Old Norse góðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣoːd/
IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

Adjective

gōd (comparative betiro, superlative betst)

good
- Heliand, verse 363
  Davides thes gōdon
  David the Good

Declension

Positive forms of gōd

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gōd	gōde	gōd	gōde	gōd	gōdu
accusative	gōdana	gōde	gōd	gōde	gōda	gōdu
genitive	gōdes	gōdarō	gōdes	gōdarō	gōdaro	gōdarō
dative	gōdumu	gōdum	gōdumu	gōdum	gōdaro	gōdum

Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gōdo	gōdu	gōda	gōdu	gōda	gōdu
accusative	gōdun	gōdun	gōda	gōdun	gōdun	gōdun
genitive	gōdun	gōdonō	gōdun	gōdonō	gōdun	gōdonō
dative	gōdun	gōdum	gōdun	gōdum	gōdun	gōdum

Comparative forms of gōd (weak only)

gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	betiro	betiru	betira	betiru	betira	betiru
accusative	betirun	betirun	betira	betirun	betirun	betirun
genitive	betirun	betironō	betirun	betironō	betirun	betironō
dative	betirun	betirum	betirun	betirum	betirun	betirum

Superlative forms of gōd

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	betst	betste	betst	betste	betst	betstu
accusative	betstana	betste	betst	betste	betsta	betstu
genitive	betstes	betstarō	betstes	betstarō	betstaro	betstarō
dative	betstumu	betstum	betstumu	betstum	betstaro	betstum

Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	betsto	betstu	betsta	betstu	betsta	betstu
accusative	betstun	betstun	betsta	betstun	betstun	betstun
genitive	betstun	betstonō	betstun	betstonō	betstun	betstonō
dative	betstun	betstum	betstun	betstum	betstun	betstum

Descendants

Middle Low German: gôt
- German Low German: good
- Low German: goot

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣoːd/
IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

Noun

gōd n

goodness, benefit
- Heliand, verse 1456
  dōt im gōdes filu
  They gave to them loads of goods

Declension

Declension of gōd (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gōd	gōd
accusative	gōd	gōd
genitive	gōdes	gōdō
dative	gōde	gōdun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: gôt
- German Low German: Good
- Low German: Goot

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”). Compare Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɔd/
IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

Noun

god n

god
- Heliand, verse 326
  godes ēgan barn
  God's own child

Declension

Declension of god (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	god	godu
accusative	god	godu
genitive	godes	godō
dative	gode	godum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: got

Etymology 4

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɔd/
IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

Noun

god m

God, the Christian god
- Heliand, verse 11
  thia habdon maht godes helpa fan himila
  They had the power by the help of God in the heavens

Declension

Declension of god (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	god	godos
accusative	god	godos
genitive	godes	godō
dative	gode	godum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: got

Romansch

Alternative forms

guaud (Rumantsch Grischun)
uaul, gòld (Sutsilvan)
gôt (Surmiran)

Etymology

Of probable Germanic origin (compare German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold).

Noun

god m (plural gods)

(Puter, Vallader) forest

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Slovene god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ), Russian год (god).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡôːd/

Noun

gȏd m (Cyrillic spelling го̑д)

name day
anniversary, holiday
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

Derived terms

godimice
godinama
godinica

Particle

god (Cyrillic spelling год)

generalization particle
(t)ko god ― whoever
što god ― whatever
gdje god ― wherever
koji god ― whichever
Uzmi koji god hoćeš! ― 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *godъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡóːt/

Noun

gọ̑d m inan

name day

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	gód
gen. sing.	godú
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gód	godôva	godôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	godú	godôv	godôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	gódu	godôvoma	godôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gód	godôva	godôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gódu	godôvih	godôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gódom	godôvoma	godôvi

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	gód
gen. sing.	góda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gód	godôva	godôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	góda	godôv	godôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	gódu	godôvoma	godôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gód	godôva	godôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gódu	godôvih	godôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gódom	godôvoma	godôvi

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuːd/, (colloquial) /ɡuː/
audio (file)

Adjective

god (comparative godare or bättre, superlative godast or bäst)

good (not evil), kind
good (in taste)
Är maten god?
Is the food good?
(somewhat dated) good (not bad), fine, useful

Declension

Inflection of god
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	god	godare	godast
Neuter singular	gott	godare	godast
Plural	goda	godare	godast
Masculine plural³	gode	godare	godast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	gode	godare	godaste
All	goda	godare	godaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Inflection of god
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	god	bättre	bäst
Neuter singular	gott	bättre	bäst
Plural	goda	bättre	bäst
Masculine plural³	goda	bättre	bäst
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	gode	bättre	bäste
All	goda	bättre	bästa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

god dag
god man
godartad
godbit

goddagspilt
godhet
godhjärtad
goding

godis
godkänd
godlynt
godmodig

godnatt
godo
godsak
godsint

Anagrams

dog

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Noun

god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)

god, deity

god

English

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Danish

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Dutch

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Low German

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Lower Sorbian

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Middle Dutch

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Middle English

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Middle Low German

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Navajo

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Old English

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Noun