god

Etymology
From, from , originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from , from , from *ǵʰutóm, neuter/inanimate of , from or. Not related to the word or.

Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬). .

Noun

 * 1) A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
 * 2) An idol.
 * 3) A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
 * 4)  Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
 * 5)  A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
 * 6)  A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
 * 7)  An exceedingly handsome man.
 * 8)  The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
 * 1)  A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
 * 2)  A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
 * 3)  An exceedingly handsome man.
 * 4)  The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
 * 1)  An exceedingly handsome man.
 * 2)  The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
 * 1)  The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
 * 1)  The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
 * 1)  The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.

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,. (In Old English the feminine, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine , existed.)

Verb

 * 1)  To idolize.
 * 2) * a. 1866,, "Death and Sisyphus".
 * To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
 * 1)  To deify.
 * 1)  To deify.
 * 1)  To deify.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Norwegian: forgude, idolisere
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:, ilahlaştırmak


 * Bulgarian: обожествявам
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Norwegian: forgude
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:, ilahlaştırmak

Etymology
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) good

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from the. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Derived terms
See also the derived terms at .

Alternative forms

 * (comparative, )
 * (comparative )
 * (comparative ), (inflected gudd-)
 * (comparative ), (inflected gudd-)

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  good

Usage notes

 * The comparative is and the superlative is.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A  or deity; a divine individual.
 * 2) A person worshipped as a divinity.

Proper noun

 * 1)  the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ
 * , The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
From.

Cognates:
 * Apachean: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬
 * Others: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬

Noun
(inalienable)


 * 1) knee

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) good

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) good

Related terms
Male given names:

Etymology 2
From.

Related terms
Male given names:

Female given names:

Etymology 1
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) good

Noun

 * 1) good (something good or good things collectively)
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"
 * "ang"

- ...þæt is buh fram yfele and dō gōd.


 * 1) goods, possessions
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sundayin September, when Job is read"
 * "ang"

- ...and his suna fērdon and ðēnode ǣlc ōðrum mid his gōdum on ymhwyrfte æt his hūse...

Etymology 2
From, from. Originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity.

Noun

 * a
 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
 * "ang"

- Gehelp urum godum and hat to þe gefeccan þisne dry Iulianum þe ure goda anlicnysse mid ealle to-brytte...


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
 * "ang"

- Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
 * "ang"

- Nu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...



Declension

 * neuter


 * masculine

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) good

Descendants

 * Föhr-Amrum:
 * Sylt:
 * Sylt:

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) god
 * 2)  God

Descendants

 * Föhr-Amrum:
 * Föhr-Amrum:

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) good
 * 2) * Heliand, verse 363
 * "osx"

- Davides thes gōdon

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) goodness, benefit
 * 2) * Heliand, verse 1456
 * "osx"

- dōt im gōdes filu

Etymology 3
From, from , from the. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  god
 * 2) * Heliand, verse 326
 * "osx"

- godes ēgan barn

Etymology 4
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) God, the Christian god
 * 2) * Heliand, verse 11
 * "osx"

- thia habdon maht godes helpa fan himila

Etymology
Of probable origin (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1)  forest

Etymology
, from, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) name day
 * 2) anniversary, holiday
 * 3) ring (on a tree)

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) name day
 * 2) name day celebration
 * 3)  anniversary
 * 1)  anniversary
 * 1)  anniversary

Etymology
. Compare with god tier.

Adjective

 * 1)  fire; cool, amazing; excellent

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) good, morally commendable
 * 2) tasty, good (tasting good)
 * 3) good (having pleasing qualities)
 * 4) good, proficient
 * 5) quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
 * 6) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good (having pleasing qualities)
 * 2) good, proficient
 * 3) quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
 * 4) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good (having pleasing qualities)
 * 2) good, proficient
 * 3) quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
 * 4) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good, proficient
 * 2) quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
 * 3) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
 * 2) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good (of friends and the like)
 * 1) good (of friends and the like)

Usage notes

 * In cases where god and are idiomatically interchangeable, god often sounds a bit old-fashioned.
 * "God mat" only refers to taste (and is idiomatic when describing food as tasty). "Good food" in a more general sense (well-made, nutritious, tasty, etc. – context-dependent) is "bra mat."

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) god, deity