goed

goed

1. (nonstandard) simple past and past participle of go

• doge

From Dutch goed, from Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

• IPA^(key): /χut/

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goed (attributive goeie, comparative beter, superlative beste)

1. good

• IPA^(key): /ɣut/

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• Hyphenation: goed
• Rhymes: -ut

From Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

goed (comparative beter, superlative best)

1. good (not bad)

   Ik voel me goed.

   I feel good.

   Het is een goede informatiebron.

   It is a good source of information.

   Antonym: slecht

2. correct, right (factually or morally)

   Helaas, dat antwoord was niet goed.

   Unfortunately, that answer was not correct.

   Sommige mensen zien het verschil niet tussen goed en fout.

   Some people can't see the difference between right and wrong.

   Antonyms: fout, verkeerd

3. all right, fine

   Dat is goed hoor.

   That's all right.

4. (of quantities)
   1. considerable (in amount or size)

      Een goed aantal mensen heeft zich al aangemeld.

      A good number of people have already signed up.

   2. at least as much as

      De reis duurt een goede tien uur.

      The journey takes a good ten hours.

5. (of moments in time) given, certain (unknown, undetermined or unspecified) (used in prepositional phrases with op)

   Op een goede dag besloot hij de wijde wereld in te trekken.

   One day he decided to go out into the wide world.

   Het zal op een goed moment toch aan het licht komen.

   But it will come to light at some time.

   Synonym: gegeven

Next to the regular form goede, the form goeie is also used informally.

• Afrikaans: goed
• Javindo: goet
• Jersey Dutch: xût
• Negerhollands: goed, goei, goeie, got, gu, gue, guet
• Skepi Creole Dutch: gut

goed

1. well

   Synonym: wel

   Antonym: slecht

   Hij speelt goed tennis. ― He plays tennis well.

2. correct
3. pretty, quite

Adverbs match adjectives in form in modern Dutch. The separate adverb wel also exists, but this word is archaic.

goed n (plural goederen, diminutive goedje n)

1. (usually in the plural) goods, wares, commodities, assets

   Synonym: waren

2. (archaic) an estate, a manor

   Synonyms: landgoed, hof

3. (informal) clothes, clothing, outfit

   Synonyms: kleren, kleding, kledij

   Voor het sollicitatiegesprek had hij zich in zijn zondagse goed gestoken, maar zag er desondanks sjofel uit. ― He had donned his best clothes for the job interview, but nevertheless made a shabby impression.

• Berbice Creole Dutch: gutu
• Negerhollands: goed, gut, got
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: somgut (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: gut, good
• → Sranan Tongo: gudu
  • → Kari'na: kutuma
  • → Saramaccan: gúdu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

goed

1. inflection of goeden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡoːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡɔi̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

goed

1. Soft mutation of coed.

From Old Frisian gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ət/

goed

1. good

• “goed (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

goed

1. good

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