gote

gote

See also: Gote, göte, gotë, and Göte

English

Alternative forms

• gout

Etymology

From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Cognate with Dutch goot (“a gutter, drain, gully”), German Gosse (“a gutter”). Related to Old English gutt (“gut, entrails”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast”). More at gut, yote.

Noun

gote (plural gotes)

1. A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
2. (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.

Related terms

• gotch
• ingot

Anagrams

• EGOT, toge

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Dutch

Verb

gote

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of gieten

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gutta.

Noun

gote f (plural gutis)

1. drop

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: gò‧te

Adjective

gote

1. feminine plural of goto

Noun

gote f

1. plural of gota

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Middle English

Noun

gote

1. Alternative form of goot

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡoːtə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gata f, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“street, passage”). Doublet of gate. Akin to Faroese gøta.

Alternative forms

• gutu (dialectal)
• gota (pre-2012)
• gotu (Midlandsnormalen)

Noun

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

1. a path, trail
2. a passage with a fence or gate on either side

   Synonyms: geil, allé

Etymology 2

A kind of blend of gote f (“path”) and gatt n (“hole”), and gjot. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

1. a hole

Etymology 3

From Old Norse goti, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Noun

gote m (definite singular goten, indefinite plural gotar, definite plural gotane)

1. a Goth

   Synonym: gotar

References

• “gote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• toge

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Old French

Alternative forms

• goute
• goutte (chiefly late Old French)
• gute

Etymology

From Latin gutta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.tə/

Noun

gote f (oblique plural gotes, nominative singular gote, nominative plural gotes)

1. drop (of liquid)

Related terms

• gotiere

Descendants

• English: gout, goutte
• Middle French: goutte
  • French: goutte
• Norman: goute