גוט

גוט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German guot (compare German gut), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (compare English good).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʊt]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɪt]

Adjective

גוט • (gut) (comparative בעסער‎ (beser), superlative בעסט‎ (best))

1. good

Declension

Declension of גוט

predicative					גוט gut
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	גוטער‎ guter	גוט gut	גוטע‎ gute	גוטס‎ guts	גוטע‎ gute	גוטע‎ gute
accusative	גוטן‎ gutn
dative			גוטן‎ gutn		גוטער‎ guter

Antonyms

• בייז‎ (beyz)

Derived terms

• אַ גוט יאָר‎ (a gut yor), אַ גוטן טאָג‎ (a gutn tog, “goodbye”)
• אַ גוטע נאַכט‎ (a gute nakht, “goodbye; goodnight”)
• גוט־יאָר‎ (gut-yor, “hello”) (reply to any greeting beginning with גוט (gut))
• גוט־יום־טובֿ‎ (gut-yontev, “hello”) (used on Jewish holidays)
• גוט־מאָרגן‎ (gut-morgn, “good morning”)
• גוטמוטיק‎ (gutmutik, “good natured, benign”)
• גוטן־אָוונט‎ (gutn-ovnt, “hello; good evening”)
• גוט פֿאַרברענגען‎ (gut farbrengen, “to have a good time”)
• גוט־שבת‎ (gut-shabes), גוט שבת‎ (gut shabes, “hello”) (used on Saturday)

 

Interjection

גוט • (gut)

1. used to signal agreement with what was just said