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, Northeastern) IPA^(key): [ɡʊt]
(Poylish) IPA^(key): [ɡɪt]
(Ukrainish) IPA^(key): [ɡɨt]
Audio (Poylish): (file)

Adjective

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

good

Declension

Declension of גוט
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
predicative					גוט gut

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

used to signal agreement with what was just said