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Translingual
Symbol
gud
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Yocoboué Dida .
See also
English
Adjective
gud
( nonstandard or text messaging ) Alternative spelling of good
Derived terms
Anagrams
Danish
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 )
( religion ) god , God ( deity, supernatural being )
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
Derived terms
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål: gud
→ Greenlandic: guuti
References
Hunsrik
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 ” ) .[ 1]
Cognate with German gut and Luxembourgish gutt .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkuːt/
Rhymes: -uːt
Syllabification: gud
Adjective
gud
good
En guder Mensch. A good person.
Declension
Adverb
gud
well
Alles gud ? ― How are you? (literally, “All well ? ”)
References
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English good .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gud (comparative beta , superlative bes )
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
Adverb
gud
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
good
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish gud , from Old Norse goð , guð , from Proto-Germanic *gudą .
Pronunciation
Noun
gud m (definite singular guden , indefinite plural guder , definite plural gudene )
god
Derived terms
References
“gud” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse goð , guð , from Proto-Germanic *gudą . 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 )
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
“gud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Sumerian
Romanization
gud
Romanization of 𒄞 ( gud )
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish guþ , gudh , Old Norse guð , from Proto-Germanic *gudą .
Pronunciation
Noun
gud c (feminine: gudinna )
a god
God (in some monotheistic religions, for example Christianity)
Synonym: ( more idiomatic, like in English ) Gud
Gud nåde den som vågar vara elak mot min ökenråttaGod help anyone who dares to be mean to my gerbil
Usage notes
Often not capitalized in idioms, though it's inconsistent.
Declension
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Volapük
Etymology
From English good .
Pronunciation
Noun
gud
goodness
Declension
declension of gud
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English god , from Old English god , from Proto-West Germanic *god .
Pronunciation
Noun
gud
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