gutt

See also: Gutt

English

Noun

gutt (plural gutts)

  1. Obsolete form of gut.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Cognate with German gut, Dutch goed, English good, Icelandic góður.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Homophone: Gutt
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Adjective

gutt (masculine gudden, neuter gutt, comparative besser, superlative am beschten)

  1. good
    Mer sinn op engem gudde Wee.
    We are on a good way.

Declension
declension of gutt
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass gutt si ass gutt et ass gutt si si(nn) gutt
nominative /
accusative		 attributive and/or after determiner gudden gutt gutt gutt
independent without determiner guddes gudder
dative after any declined word gudden gudder gudden gudden
as first declined word guddem guddem

Middle English

Noun

gutt

  1. Alternative form of gutte

Norwegian Bokmål
gutt

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch guit (“troublemaker”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʉtː/

Noun

gutt m (definite singular gutten, indefinite plural gutter, definite plural guttene)

  1. a boy

Usage notes
  • Between 1938 and 1983, gutta was a co-standard definite plural form. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, hest, kar, tupp.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Danish: gut

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gutt m (definite singular gutten, indefinite plural guttar, definite plural guttane)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of gut

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gutt, a byform of Proto-West Germanic *gutō, from Proto-Germanic *gutô (“channel, trough, gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡutt/, [ɡut]

Noun

gutt m

  1. gut, entrail

Inflection
Declension of gutt (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative gutt guttas
accusative gutt guttas
genitive guttes gutta
dative gutte guttum

Synonyms

Descendants
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