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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 *ǥuđa-, *ǥuđan, from the Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutó- (“invoked [one]”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good.

Pronunciation

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. (notably in Greek/young God) An exceedingly handsome man.

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

Derived terms

terms derived from "god"

Related terms

terms related to "god"

Verb

to 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
  • Norwegian: forgude no(no), idolisere no(no)
  • Spanish: idolatrar es(es)
deify
  • French: déifier fr(fr)
  • Norwegian: forgude no(no)
  • Spanish: deificar es(es)

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References

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. good

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. god

Related terms

Navajo

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Athabascan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.

Cognates:

Noun

-god (inalienable)

  1. knee

Derived terms

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse góðr.

Adjective

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

  1. good

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ǥuđa-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- (“invoked; poured, libated”), from an original root *ǵhau-, *ǵhawə- (“call, invoke”) or *ǵheu- (“pour”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian god, Old Saxon god (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

Noun

god n.

  1. god

god m.

  1. God
Declension
Declension of god
Singular Plural
nominative god godas
accusative god godas
genitive godes goda
dative gode godum
Descendants

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, *gothaz, 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

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

Noun

gōd n.

  1. good; goodness, benefit, well-being
Declension
Declension of god
Singular Plural
nominative gōd gōd
accusative gōd gōd
genitive gōdes gōda
dative gōde gōdum

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
    kakav god — of whatever kind
    koliki god — of whatever size
    koji god — whichever
    kad god — whenever
    čiji god — whosoever
    kako god hoćeš — however you want it, however you wish
    koliko god (da) košta, želim ga — whatever it costs, I want it

Slovene

Etymology

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

Noun

god m.

  1. name day

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse góðr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

god

  1. good; the opposite of evil
  2. good; something which tastes pleasant

Derived terms

Antonyms

not evil
pleasant-tasting

West Frisian

Noun

god c. (pl. goaden)

  1. god, deity

 

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