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See also: Appendix:Variations of "got"

Translingual

Symbol

got

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gothic.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

got (third-person singular simple present got or (nonstandard) gots, no present participle, simple past (by suppletion) had, no past participle)

  1. Expressing obligation; used with have.
    I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.
  2. (colloquial, with to) Must; have/has (to).
    I got to go study.
    • 1971, Carole King, Gerry Goffin (lyrics and music), “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records:
      We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!
  3. (colloquial, regional or nonstandard) Have/has.
    They got a new car.
    He got a lot of nerve.

Verb

got

  1. simple past of get
    We got the last bus home.
  2. past participle of get
    By that time we’d got very cold.
    I’ve got two children.
    How many children have you got?
Usage notes
  • (expressing obligation): "Got" is a filler word in the following example with no obvious grammatical or semantic function: "I've got to study for my exams" has the same meaning as "I have to study for my exams". It is often stressed in speech: "You've just got to see this."
  • (have): In nonstandard speech, "got" may be reinterpreted as a regular present tense, so that the form gots appears in the third-person singular present, e.g. She gots a red bike.
  • (past participle of get): The second sentence literally means "At some time in the past I got (obtained) two children", but in "have got" constructions like this, where "got" is used in the sense of "obtained", the sense of obtaining is lost, becoming merely one of possessing, and the sentence is in effect just a more colloquial way of saying "I have two children". Similarly, the third sentence is just a more colloquial way of saying "How many children do you have?"
  • (past participle of get): The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see Usage Notes on "get" for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has mostly lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases.
Synonyms
  • (must, have (to)): gotta (informal)

Etymology 2

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau5), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.

Verb

got (invariable)

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Have; there is (indicates possession or existence).
    Got problem is it?
    Got ants over here.
    • 1999, Alfian Sa'at, Corridor, Singapore: SNP Editions, →OCLC, page 122:
      “Got lighter or not?”
    • 2010, Haresh Sharma, Those Who Can't, Teach, Epigram Books, Act II, scene iv:
      She sure got a lot of costume change, make-up, wig long long…
  2. (Singlish, auxiliary) Marks the completive or experiential aspect.
    You got shower? ― Have you showered?
    I got ski. ― I went skiing.
    I got ski before. ― I have skied before.
    • 2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13:
      You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.
  3. (Singlish, auxiliary) Used as a marker of realis modality.
    I got go Taiwan next year. ― I’m already/actually going to Taiwan next year.
  4. (Singlish, auxiliary) Used to emphasize that an action has been done.
    I got tell them just now.
  5. (Singlish, auxiliary) Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.
    I got cook meals for them. ― I cook meals for them; I would cook meals for them (now and then or regularly).
    You got play badminton? ― Do you play badminton?
Derived terms

References

  • Nomoto, Hiroki, Lee, Nala Huiying (2012) “Realis, factuality and derived-level statives: Perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got”, in Cahiers Chronos, volume 25, →ISSN, pages 219-239

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus. Cognate with Ladin got, Venetan goto, Italian gotto.

Noun

got m (plural gots)

  1. glass (drinking glass)
    Synonyms: tassó, vas

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin Gothus.

Noun

got m (plural gots, feminine goda)

  1. Goth
Derived terms

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

got

  1. nominative plural of go

German Low German

Adjective

got (comparative bȩter or bäter)

  1. Alternative spelling of goot

See also

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Dutch goot (“gutter”), from Middle Dutch gōte, from Old Dutch *gota, from Proto-Germanic *gutō.

Pronunciation

Noun

got

  1. gutter (a prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water)
    Synonyms: apuran, selokan, comberan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

got

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦺꦴꦠ꧀

Ladin

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus. Cognate with Catalan got, Venetan goto, Italian gotto.

Noun

got m (plural goc)

  1. (Gherdëina, Badiot) glass (drinking glass)
    Bever n got de lat.
    To drink a glass of milk.

Alternative forms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

Noun

got m

  1. god
  2. the Christian God

Inflection

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Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: god, God
  • Limburgish: gód, Gód

Further reading

  • “got”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “god”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page god

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

got

  1. Alternative form of goot

Etymology 2

Noun

got

  1. Alternative form of gutte

Middle High German

Etymology

    From Old High German got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós, from *ǵʰew- + *-tós.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡot/

    Noun

    got m

    1. god; deity

    Declension

    Declension of got (masculine, class 1 strong)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër got die gote
    genitive eines dës gotes dër gote
    dative eime dëm gote dën goten
    accusative einen dën got die gote

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Gott
    • Bavarian:
    • Central Franconian: Jott
    • German: Gott
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Gott
    • Yiddish: גאָט (got)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “got”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "got" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

    Middle Low German

    Etymology 1

    From Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    gôt (comparative bēter, superlative best)

    1. good
    Declension
    Declension of got
    nominative accusative dative genitive
    Strong declension
    Masculine gôt gôden gôdem(e) (gôdennote) gôdes
    Neuter gôt
    Feminine gôde gôder(e)
    Plural gôde gôden gôder(e)
    Weak declension
    Masculine gôde gôden gôden
    Neuter gôde
    Feminine gôden
    Plural gôden
    The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.
    Descendants
    • Low German: god

    Etymology 2

    From Old Saxon god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    got m (genitive godes or gades, plural gode or gade)

    1. god

    Old Dutch

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

    Noun

    got m

    1. god

    Inflection

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    Declension of got
    Singular Plural
    nominative got goda
    accusative got goda
    genitive godis godô
    dative gode godon

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • “got”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Old High German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

      Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old Dutch got, Old Norse guð, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).

      Noun

      got m

      1. god

      Declension

      Declension of got (masculine a-stem)
      case singular plural
      nominative got gota
      accusative got gota
      genitive gotes goto
      dative gote gotum
      instrumental gotu —

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • Middle High German: got
        • Alemannic German: Gott
        • Bavarian:
        • Central Franconian: Jott
        • German: Gott
        • Low German:
          • German Low German:
        • Rhine Franconian:
          • Pennsylvania German: Gott
        • Yiddish: גאָט (got)

      References

      Polish

      Etymology

      Back-formation from gotyk.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      got m pers (female equivalent gotka)

      1. (music) goth (person who is part of the goth subculture)

      Declension

      Declension of got
      singular plural
      nominative got goci/goty (deprecative)
      genitive gota gotów
      dative gotowi gotom
      accusative gota gotów
      instrumental gotem gotami
      locative gocie gotach
      vocative gocie goci
      adjectives
      adverb
      nouns

      Further reading

      • got in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • got in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French Goth, from Latin Gothus.

      Noun

      got m (plural goți)

      1. Goth

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative got gotul goți goții
      genitive-dative got gotului goți goților
      vocative gotule goților

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Inherited from Old Swedish gotar. Doublet of gute. Compare origin of göt.

      Noun

      got c

      1. (historical) Goth (member of the ancient group of peoples)

      Declension

      Declension of got
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite got gots
      definite goten gotens
      plural indefinite goter goters
      definite goterna goternas

      Derived terms

      References

      Welsh

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      got

      1. Soft mutation of cot.

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of cot
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      cot got nghot chot

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Yola

      Verb

      got

      1. Alternative form of godth
        • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:
          Jaane got leigheen; shoo pleast aam all, fowe?.
          Joan set them a laughing, she pleased them all, how?

      References

      • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90

      Zhuang

      Etymology

      From Proto-Tai *koːtᴰ (“to hug; to embrace”). Cognate with Thai กอด (gɔ̀ɔt), Lao ກອດ (kǭt), Shan ၵွတ်ႇ (kàut).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      got (1957–1982 spelling got)

      1. to hug; to embrace.
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