גוט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German guot (compare German gut), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (compare English good).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʊt]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɪt]

Adjective

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

  1. good

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • אַ גוט יאָר (a gut yor), אַ גוטן טאָג (a gutn tog, goodbye)
  • אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht, goodbye; goodnight)
  • 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)
  • גוטמוטיק (gutmutik, good natured, benign)
  • גוטן־אָוונט (gutn-ovnt, hello; good evening)
  • גוט פֿאַרברענגען (gut farbrengen, to have a good time)
  • גוט־שבת (gut-shabes), גוט שבת (gut shabes, hello) (used on Saturday)

Interjection

גוט (gut)

  1. used to signal agreement with what was just said
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