gud

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See also: Gud, guð, and Guð

English

Adjective

gud

  1. (nonstandard or text messaging) Alternative spelling of good

Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse guð (“god”), from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Cognate with English god and German Gott.

Pronunciation

Noun

gud c (singular definite guden, plural indefinite guder)

  1. (religion) god, God (deity, supernatural being)
  2. a mild swear word

Usage notes

  • As the name of the sole deity in monotheistic religion, it is used without the article and usually written with a capital G.

Declension

Declension of gud
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gud guden guder guderne
genitive guds gudens guders gudernes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: gud
  • → Greenlandic: guuti

References

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • gut (Altenhofen spelling)
  • kuut (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian gut, from Middle High German guot, from Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).

Cognate with German gut and Luxembourgish gutt.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gud

  1. good
    En guder Mensch.
    A good person.

Declension

Declension of gud (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative gud gud gud gude
accusative gude gud gud gude
dative gude gude gude gude
Strong inflection nominative guder gude gudes gude
accusative gude gude gudes gude
dative gudem guder gudem gude

Adverb

gud

  1. well
    Alles gud? ― How are you? (literally, “All well?”)

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “gud”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 71

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English good.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gud (comparative beta, superlative bes)

  1. good
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 9:50:
      Saalt gud, bot ef di ties gaan, ou yu a-go mek it ties laik saalt agen? Mek di Gud Nyuuz komiin laik saalt mongks unu an kaaz unu fi liv iina piis wid wan aneda.
      Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Derived terms

adjective

Adverb

gud

  1. well, properly
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 4:22:
      Evribadi taak gud bout im an dem fraitn fi ier di nais sitn dem we im se. “Wiet! No Juozif bwai dis?” dem se.
      And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?

Further reading

  • gud at majstro.com
  • gud at JamaicanPatwah.com

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English good.

Adjective

gud

  1. good

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Danish gud, from Old Norse goð, guð, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Pronunciation

Noun

gud m (definite singular guden, indefinite plural guder, definite plural gudene)

  1. god

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse goð, guð, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós. Akin to English god.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʉː(d)/, /ɡʊː/
  • Note: The word is largely literary today, whence the common pronunciation with /d/.

Noun

gud m (definite singular guden, indefinite plural gudar, definite plural gudane)

  1. god

Declension

  Declension of gud (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gud guden gudar gudane
compound-genitive guds- ― gude- ―

Derived terms

References

Sumerian

Romanization

gud

  1. Romanization of 𒄞 (gud)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish guþ, gudh, Old Norse guð, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʉːd/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːd

Noun

gud c (feminine: gudinna)

  1. a god

Declension

Declension of gud 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gud guden gudar gudarna
Genitive guds gudens gudars gudarnas

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

From English good.

Pronunciation

Noun

gud

  1. goodness

Declension

declension of gud
singular plural
nominative gud guds
genitive guda gudas
dative gude gudes
accusative gudi gudis
vocative 1 o gud! o guds!
predicative 2 gudu gudus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English god, from Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god.

Pronunciation

Noun

gud

  1. god

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 43
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