goed

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

• IPA^(key): /χut/

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-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

goed (comparative beter, superlative best)

1. good

   Ik voel me goed.

   I feel good.

   Het is een goede informatiebron.

   It is a good source of information.

   Antonym: slecht

2. correct, right (factually or morally)

   Helaas, dat antwoord was niet goed.

   Too bad, 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.

   Antonyms: fout, verkeerd

3. all right, fine

   Dat is goed hoor.

   That's all right. That's fine.

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

• Afrikaans: goed

goed

1. well

   Hij speelt goed tennis. — He plays tennis well.

   Antonym: slecht

Adverbs are the same as adjectives, so also the archaic adverb wel (well) is now goed, though it is still used in compounds, see words starting with "wel" in Van Dale.

goed n (plural goederen, diminutive goedje n)

1. (usually in the plural) goods

   Synonym: waren

2. (archaic) an estate, a manor

   Synonyms: landgoed, hof

3. (informal) clothes, clothing

   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.

   Synonyms: kleren, kleding, kledij

• gedachtegoed
• landgoed

See the etymology of the main entry.

goed

1. first-person singular present indicative of goeden
2. imperative of goeden

• (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-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

goed

1. good

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