goed

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See also: göd

English

Verb

goed

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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χut/
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Adjective

goed (attributive goeie, comparative beter, superlative beste)

  1. good

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣut/
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  • Hyphenation: goed
  • Rhymes: -ut

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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
Inflection
Inflection of goed
uninflected goed
inflected goede
comparative beter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial goed beter het best
het beste
indefinite m./f. sing. goede betere beste
n. sing. goed beter beste
plural goede betere beste
definite goede betere beste
partitive goeds beters —

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

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

Adverb

goed

  1. well
    Synonym: wel
    Antonym: slecht
    Hij speelt goed tennis. ― He plays tennis well.
  2. correct
  3. pretty, quite
Usage notes

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

Noun

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.
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

goed

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

goed

  1. Soft mutation of coed.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
coed goed nghoed choed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

goed

  1. good

Inflection

Inflection of goed
uninflected goed
inflected goede
comparative better
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial goed better it bêst
it bêste
indefinite c. sing. goede bettere bêste
n. sing. goed better bêste
plural goede bettere bêste
definite goede bettere bêste
partitive goeds betters —

Further reading

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

Zealandic

Etymology

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

Adjective

goed

  1. good

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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