גוט
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German guot, from Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Compare German gut, English good, Dutch goed.
Pronunciation
- (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): [ɡʊt]
- (Poylish) IPA(key): [ɡɪt]
- (Ukrainish) IPA(key): [ɡɨt]
Audio (Poylish) (file)
Declension
Derived terms
- אַ גוט יאָר (a gut yor), אַ גוטן טאָג (a gutn tog, “goodbye”)
- אַ גוטע וואָך (a gute vokh)
- אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht, “goodbye; goodnight”)
- גוט פֿאַרברענגען (gut farbrengen, “to have a good time”)
- 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”)
- גוט־שבת (gut-shabes), גוט שבת (gut shabes, “hello”) (used on Saturday)
- גוטמוטיק (gutmutik, “good natured, benign”)
- גוטן־אָוונט (gutn-ovnt, “hello; good evening”)
Interjection
גוט • (gut)
- used to signal agreement with what was just said
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