Goth

See also: goth, goð, goþ, Goth., and góð

English

Etymology

From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒθ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɡɑθ/
Rhymes: -ɒθ

Noun

Goth (countable and uncountable, plural Goths)

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.
(figuratively) Uncivilized person, barbarian, vandal.
Alternative form of goth (“member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself”).
- 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:
  For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.

Derived terms

Gothic

Related terms

Geat
goth
Gotlander
Gutan
Gutnish
Guton
Ostrogoth
Visigoth

Translations

member of the East Germanic people

Arabic: قُوطِيّ‎ m (qūṭiyy), (collective) قُوط‎ m (qūṭ)
Hijazi Arabic: قوطي‎ m (gōṭi)
Armenian: գոթ (hy) (gotʿ)
Old Armenian: գութք pl (gutʿkʿ)
Catalan: got (ca) m, goda (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哥特人 (zh) (Gētè rén)
Danish: goter c
Dutch: Goot (nl) m
Esperanto: goto (eo), gotino (female)
Faroese: goti m
Finnish: gootti (fi)
French: Goth (fr) m, Gothe (fr) f
German: Gote (de) m, Gotin f
Gothic: *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 m (*guta), ᚷᚢᛏᚨᚾᛁ m (gutani) (genitive plural)
Greek: Γότθος (el) m (Gótthos)
Ancient: Γότθος m (Gótthos)
Hungarian: gót (hu)
Ido: Goto (io)
Irish: Gotach m
Italian: goto (it) m
Japanese: ゴート人 (Gōto-jin)
Korean: 고트인 (Goteu'in)
Latin: Gothus m
Lithuanian: gotas m, gotė f
Macedonian: Гот m (Got), Готка f (Gotka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: goter m
Nynorsk: gotar m
Occitan: gòt (oc)
Old English: Gota m
Polish: Got m, Gotka f
Portuguese: godo (pt) m, gótico (pt) m
Russian: гот (ru) m (got)
Samogitian: guots m, guotė f
Spanish: godo (es) m
Swedish: got (sv) c
Tagalog: Godo
Turkish: Got
Volapük: gotan (vo)

Adjective

Goth (comparative more Goth, superlative most Goth)

Alternative form of goth
- 2003, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, James P. Baen, Mad Maudlin
  Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

Noun

Goth m (plural Goths)

a Goth