גוט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German guot, from Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Compare German gut, English good, Dutch goed.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): [ɡʊt]
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): [ɡɪt]
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): [ɡɨt]

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Adjective

גוט • (gut) (comparative בעסער (beser), superlative בעסט (best))

1. good

Declension

Declension of גוט

predicative					גוט gut
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	גוטער guter	גוט gut	גוטע gute	גוטס guts	גוטע gute	גוטע gute
accusative	גוטן gutn
dative			גוטן gutn		גוטער guter

Antonyms

• בייז (beyz)
• שלעכט (shlekht)

Derived terms

• אַ גוט יאָר (a gut yor), אַ גוטן טאָג (a gutn tog, “goodbye”)
• אַ גוטע וואָך (a gute vokh)
• אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht, “goodbye; goodnight”)
• גוט פֿאַרברענגען (gut farbrengen, “to have a good time”)
• גוט־יאָר (gut-yor, “hello”) (reply to any greeting beginning with גוט (gut))
• גוט־יום־טובֿ (gut-yontev, “hello”) (used on Jewish holidays)
• גוט־מאָרגן (gut-morgn, “good morning”)
• גוט־שבת (gut-shabes), גוט שבת (gut shabes, “hello”) (used on Saturday)
• גוטמוטיק (gutmutik, “good natured, benign”)
• גוטן־אָוונט (gutn-ovnt, “hello; good evening”)

 

Interjection

גוט • (gut)

1. used to signal agreement with what was just said