goed

goed

1. (nonstandard) simple past and past participle of go

• doge

From Dutch goed, from Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

• IPA^(key): /χut/

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goed (attributive goeie, comparative beter, superlative beste)

1. good

• IPA^(key): /ɣut/

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• Hyphenation: goed
• Rhymes: -ut

From Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

goed (comparative beter, superlative best)

1. good (not bad)

   Antonym: slecht

   Ik voel me goed. ― I feel good.

   Het is een goede informatiebron. ― It is a good source of information.

2. correct, right (factually or morally)

   Antonyms: fout, verkeerd

   Helaas, dat antwoord was niet goed. ― Unfortunately, that answer was not correct.

   Sommige mensen zien het verschil niet tussen goed en fout. ― Some people can't see the difference between right and wrong.

3. all right, fine

   Dat is goed hoor. ― That's all right.

4. (of quantities)
   1. considerable (in amount or size)

      Een goed aantal mensen heeft zich al aangemeld. ― A good number of people have already signed up.

   2. at least as much as

      De reis duurt een goede tien uur. ― The journey takes a good ten hours.

5. (of moments in time) given, certain (unknown, undetermined or unspecified) (used in prepositional phrases with op)

   Synonym: gegeven

   Op een goede dag besloot hij de wijde wereld in te trekken. ― One day he decided to go out into the wide world.

   Het zal op een goed moment toch aan het licht komen. ― But it will come to light at some time.

Next to the regular form goede, the form goeie is very commonly used informally.

• goei (dialectal)

• Afrikaans: goed
• Javindo: goet
• Jersey Dutch: xût
• Negerhollands: goed, goei, goeie, got, gu, gue, guet
• Skepi Creole Dutch: gut

goed

1. well

   Synonym: wel

   Antonym: slecht

   Hij speelt goed tennis. ― He plays tennis well.

2. correct
3. pretty, quite

Adverbs match adjectives in form in modern Dutch. The separate adverb wel also exists, but this word is archaic.

goed n (plural goederen, diminutive goedje n)

1. (usually in the plural) goods, wares, commodities, assets

   Synonym: waren

2. (archaic) an estate, a manor

   Synonyms: landgoed, hof

3. (informal) clothes, clothing, outfit

   Synonyms: kleren, kleding, kledij

   Voor het sollicitatiegesprek had hij zich in zijn zondagse goed gestoken, maar zag er desondanks sjofel uit. ― He had donned his best clothes for the job interview, but nevertheless made a shabby impression.

• Berbice Creole Dutch: gutu
• Negerhollands: goed, gut, got
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: somgut (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: gut, good
• → Sranan Tongo: gudu
  • → Kari'na: kutuma
  • → Saramaccan: gúdu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

goed

1. inflection of goeden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡoːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡɔi̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡoːd/

goed

1. soft mutation of coed

From Old Frisian gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ət/

goed

1. good

• “goed (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

goed

1. good

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