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)

Adjective

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

good

Declension

Declension of גוט


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

Antonyms

בייז‎ (beyz)
שלעכט‎ (shlekht)

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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