gutt
See also: Gutt
English
Noun
gutt (plural gutts)
- Obsolete form of gut.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Cognate with German gut, Dutch goed, English good, Icelandic góður.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡut/
- Rhymes: -ut
- Homophone: Gutt
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Adjective
gutt (masculine gudden, neuter gutt, comparative besser, superlative am beschten)
- good
- Mer sinn op engem gudde Wee.
- We are on a good way.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | gudden | |||
| independent without determiner | guddes | gudder | |||
| dative | after any declined word | gudden | gudder | gudden | gudden |
| as first declined word | guddem | guddem | |||
Middle English
Noun
gutt
- alternative form of gutte
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Possibly from Dutch guit (“troublemaker”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʉtː/
Noun
gutt m (definite singular gutten, indefinite plural gutter, definite plural guttene)
- a boy
Usage notes
- Between 1938 and 1983, gutta was a co-standard definite plural form. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, hest, kar, tupp.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Danish: gut
See also
- gut (Nynorsk)
References
- “gutt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gutt m (definite singular gutten, indefinite plural guttar, definite plural guttane)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of gut
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gutt, a byform of Proto-West Germanic *gutō, from Proto-Germanic *gutô (“channel, trough, gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡutt/, [ɡut]
Noun
gutt m
Inflection
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gutt | guttas |
| accusative | gutt | guttas |
| genitive | guttes | gutta |
| dative | gutte | guttum |