Tolka .se

God|Gód|gód|gød

god (English)

, a Greek god.

god (word)

Etymology

From - ang - lang=ang||deity, - got|lang=goh (a rank of deity) originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, both from the - gudan|lang=en, from the - ǵʰuto-|invoked one|lang=en, from - ǵʰewH-|to call, to invoke|lang=en or - ǵʰew-|to pour|lang=en|title=. Not related to the word - lang=en.

Pronunciation

- /ɡɒd/,

/gQd/

- /ɡɑːd/,

/gAd/

gŏd

en-us-god.ogg

Rhymes: ɒd

Noun

A deity:

# A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers.

# A male deity.

#* 2002. Chuck Palahniuk. Lullaby:

#*: When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.

# A supreme_being; God, typically in some particular view or aspect.

An idol

# A representation of a deity, notably a statue(tte).

# Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.

metaphor

A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant.

An exceedingly handsome man.

Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.

The person who owns and runs a multi-user_dungeon.

* 1996, Andy Eddy, Internet after hours

*: The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.

* 2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max (page 11)

*: The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

Usage notes

The word - goddess.

Synonyms

supernatural being with superior powers

deity, See also Wikisaurus:god

Derived terms

terms derived from "god"

demigod

God

god-awful

god-child, godchild

goddam, goddamn

goddaughter

Goddess

goddess

godded

godding

godfather

god-fearing

god_forbid

god-forsaken, godforsaken

God-given

godhead

godhood

god-king, god_king

godless

godlike

godliness

godling

godly

godmother

God_of_the_gaps

godparent

godsend

godship

godson

Godspeed

godward

household_god

ungodly

Related terms

terms related to "god"

Translations

deity

Abkhaz - анцәа|tr=ancəa|sc=Cyrl

Adyghe - тхьэ|tr=tɦe

Afrikaans - god

Ainu: カムイ (kamuy)

Albanska - zot

, perëndia

Amharic - አምላክ|tr=amlak|sc=Ethi

Arabiska - إله

: Egyptian_Arabic - إله|m|tr=ʔelah|sc=Arab

Aragonese - dios|m|xs=Aragonese

Aramaic:

: Syriac: ܐܠܗܐ (’alāhā’)

: Hebrew: אל (’ehl’)

Armenian - աստված|tr=astvaç

: Old Armenian - աստուած|tr=astuac|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian

Asturian - dios|m|xs=Asturian

Aymara - tatitu|xs=Aymara

Azeri - tanrı

Baluchi - ہدا|tr=huda, - خدا|tr=xuda

Bashkir - хоҙай|tr=xoðay|sc=Cyrl, - тәңре|tr=təñre|sc=Cyrl, - алла|tr=alla|sc=Cyrl

Basque - jainko|xs=Basque

Bavarian - Gott

Vitryska - бог

Bengali - ঈশ্বর|tr=ishbôr|sc=Beng, - দেবতা|tr=debôta|sc=Beng

Breton - doue|m|xs=Breton

Bulgariska - бог

Katalanska - déu

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 神|tr=shén|sc=Hani, - 上帝|tr=shàngdì|sc=Hani

Chuvash - турă|sc=Cyrl

Cornish - duw|xs=Cornish

Crimean Tatar - quday

Tjeckiska - bůh

Danska - gud

Dhivehi - އިލާހު|tr=ilāhu|sc=Thaa

Holländska - god

Egyptian - nṯr|sc=Egyp

: nTr-A48

Erzya - паз

Esperanto - dio|xs=Esperanto

Estniska - jumal

Ewe - mawu

Finska - jumala

Franska - dieu

, divinité

Friulian - diu

Galiciska - deus

Georgian - ღმერთი|tr=ḡmert'i|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian, - ღვთაება|tr=ḡvt'aeba|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian

Tyska - Gott

, Göttin, Gottheit, Götter

Gothic - 𐌲𐌿𐌸|sc=Goth

Grekiska - θεός

, θεά

: Ancient - θεὺς|m|tr=thèf̱s|sc=polytonic, - δεὰ|tr=deá|sc=polytonic

Guaraní - ñandejára|xs=Guaraní

Gujarati - બહગવાન|m|tr=bhagvān|sc=Gujr

Hakka - song-ti

Hawaiian - akua|xs=Hawaiian

Hebrew - אלוהים|m|f|tr=elohím|sc=Hebr (can be used as - he|אל|m|tr=el|sc=Hebr

Hindiska - देवता

, भगवान, ईश्वर, परमेश्वर, परमात्मा, ख़ुदा

Ungerska - isten

Isländska - guð

Ido - deo|xs=Ido

Indonesiska - tuhan

, dewa

Interlingua - deo|xs=Interlingua

Irländska - dia

, déithe

Italienska - dio

Japanska - 神

Javanese - hyang|xs=Javanese

Jèrriais: dgieu

Kannada: ದೇವ (deeva)

Kazakh - құдай|tr=quday|sc=Cyrl

Khmer - ព្រះ|tr=preah|sc=Khmr, - ទេវ|sc=Khmr|tr=teivea

Koreanska - 신

()

Kurdish:

: Kurmanji: xweda, îlah, xwedawend, yezdan, xwedê

: Sorani - خوا|tr=xwa|sc=ku-Arab, - خودا|tr=xweda|sc=ku-Arab

Kyrgyz - кудай|tr=quday|sc=Cyrl

Latgalian - dīvs, - dīvūklis

Latin - deus|m, - dea|f, - di|p

Lettiska - dievs

Lingala - nzámbe|xs=Lingala

Litauiska - dievas

Makedonska - бог

Malaysiska - dewa

Maltese: alla , allat

Min Nan - siōng-tè|xs=Min Nan

Moksha - шкай

Mongolian - бурхан|tr=burhan|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian

Narom - dùu

Nauruan - gott|xs=Nauruan

Navajo - diyin ayóí átʼéii

Nepali - ईश्वर|tr=īśvar|sc=Deva

Norska - gud

Norwegian Nynorsk - gud|m|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk

Ojibwe - manidoo

Old Church Slavonic - богъ|m|tr=bogŭ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic

Ossetian:

: Digor - хуцау|tr=xucau|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ossetian

: Iron - хуыцау|tr=xuycau|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ossetian

Pashto - خدای|m|tr=xwdāy

Persiska - خدا

, بغ

Phrygian - δεως|tr=deo̱s

Phunoi - 𐤀𐤋|m|tr=ʔl

Pitcairn-Norfolk - god

Polska - bóg

, bóstwo

Portugisiska - deus

Punjabi - ਭਗਵਾਨ|tr=bhagvān|sc=Guru

Quechua - dyus|xs=Quechua

Rumänska - zeu

, dumnezeu

Ryska - бог

(read: бох)

Sanskrit - देवः|tr=devaḥ|sc=Deva, - सुरः|tr=suraḥ|sc=Deva, - भग|n|tr=bhag|sc=Deva

Scottish Gaelic - dia|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian:

: Cyrillic - бог|m|sc=Cyrl

: Roman - bog|m

Sicilian - diu|xs=Sicilian

Sindhi - ايشور|m|tr=īšvaru|sc=sd-Arab

Sinhalese - අමර|tr=amara|sc=Sinh, - දෙවියා|tr=deviyā|sc=Sinh

Slovakiska - boh

Slovenska - bog

Sotho - modimo|xs=Sotho

Spanska - dios

Sumerian: ilu, dingir

Swahili - bwana

, mabwana (noun 5/6), rabi / (noun 9/10)''

Svenska - gud

()

Filippinska - diyos

Tajik - худо‍|tr=xudo|sc=Cyrl

Tamil - கடவுள்|tr=kaṭavuḷ|sc=Taml, - இறைவன்|tr=iraivan|sc=Taml

Tatar - ходай|tr=xoday|sc=Cyrl, - тәңре|tr=täñre|sc=Cyrl, - алла|tr=alla|sc=Cyrl

Telugu - గాడ్|sc=Telu, - దేవుడు|sc=Telu

Thailändska - พระเจ้า

, เทพ

Tigrinya - ኣምላክ|tr=amɨlakɨ|sc=Ethi

Tok Pisin - got|xs=Tok Pisin

Tongan: 'Otua

Turkiska - tanrı

, ilah, tapilacak sey, put

Turkmen - taňry

Tuvaluan - Atua

Ukrainska - бог

Urdu - دیوتا|m|tr=devtā|sc=ur-Arab, - بھگوان|m|tr=bhagvān|sc=ur-Arab, - ایشور|m|tr=īśvar|sc=ur-Arab, - خدا|m|tr=xudā|sc=ur-Arab

Uzbek - xudo|xs=Uzbek

Venetian - dio

Vietnamesiska - thiên chúa

, chúa

Walesiska - duw

West Frisian - god|xs=West Frisian

Wolof - yàlla|xs=Wolof

Jiddisch - גאָט

Yoruba - ọlọ́run|xs=Yoruba

Zulu - uNkulunkulu|xs=Zulu

idol

Ainu: カムイ (kamuy)

Arabic - إلۤهٌ (’ilāh)

Armenian - կուռք|tr=kuṙk’

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 神|tr=shén|sc=Hani, - 上帝|tr=shàngdì|sc=Hani

Tjeckiska - bůh

Danska - afgud

, idol

Holländska - afgod

, godenbeeld, idool

Finska - jumalankuva

, epäjumala

Franska - idole

Georgian - ღვთაება|tr=ḡvt'aeba|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian, - კერპი|tr=kerpi|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian

Tyska - Idol

Grekiska - είδωλο

Ungerska - bálvány

Italienska - idolo

Japanska - 偶像

, アイドル

Norska - gud

Pashto - بت|m|tr=but

Persiska - بت

Polska - idol

Rumänska - idol

Ryska - бог

(read: бох)

Slovakiska - boh

Thai:

เทวรูป

(teo-rôop)

Turkiska - put

, heykel, yapmacik tanri

Jiddisch - גאָט

person in high position of authority

Arabiska - رب

Finska - epäjumala

Grekiska - θεός

Norska - gud

Persiska - خدایگان

, خواجه

Turkiska - Ustun guc

- sq|zot|m|xs=Albanian

- eu|jainko

- bs|bog|m

- бог (bog)

déu {{m

- hr|bog

- eo|dio|xs=Esperanto

- et|jumal

- gu|બહગવાન (bhagvān)

- he|אלוהים (elohím)

s

/), אל (el)

- hi|भगवान (bhagvān), ईश्वर (īshvar), देवता (devtā)

- is|guð|m

- id|tuhan|xs=Indonesian, dewa

- ja|神 (かみ, kámi, kami)

- roa-jer|dgieu

- km|ព្រះ|tr=preah

- ko|신 (神, sin)

- ml|ദൈവം (daivam), ഈശ്വരന്‍ (eeSvaran), കര്‍ത്താവു് (karthaavu), അള്ളാ (aLLaa)

- mt|alla , allat

- mi|atua|xs=Maori

- mr|ईश्वर (īshwar), देव (dév), परमेश्वर (parmeshvar)

one god

- na|gott|xs=Nauruan

ipmil

- nov|dee , dea , deo

- oj|manidoo, manidoog

- cu|богъ|m|tr=bogŭ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic

- prg|Dēiws

بغ

(bægh)

- pa|ਭਗਵਾਨ (bhagvān)

- ro|zeu|m

- cgg|ruhanga

- sa|देव|m|tr=deva|xs=Sanskrit, - भगवान्|tr=bhagvān|xs=Sanskrit

sh

:

Serbiska - бог

: Roman: bog#Serbian|bog

si

- sl|bog|m

- sux|ilu, dingir

- sw|bwana|s|xs=Swahili, mabwana (noun 5/6), rabi

gud|c ({{m

)

- ta|கடவுள் (kaDavuL), தேவன் (dEvan)

- te|దేవుడు (daevuDu), దైవం (daivaM)

- tr|tanrı

- бог

(boɦ) {{m

- دیوتا (deotā)

- cy|duw|xs=Welsh

Verb

god|d|ing

to idolize

* {{quote-book|1608|w:William_Shakespeare|William_Shakespeare|wikisource:The_Tragedy_of_Coriolanus|The_Tragedy_of_Coriolanus|section=Act V Scene III|

|passage=CORIOLANUS: This last old man, / Whom with a crack'd heart I have sent to Rome, / Loved me above the measure of a father; / Nay, godded me, indeed.}}

* a. 1866, w:Edward_Bulwer_Lytton|Edward_Bulwer_Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".

*: To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.

* 2001, Conrad C. Fink, Sportswriting: The Lively Game, page 78

*: "Godded him up" ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?

to deify

* 1595, w:Edmund_Spenser|Edmund_Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.

*: Then got he bow and fhafts of gold and lead, / In which fo fell and puiflant he grew, / That Jove himfelfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.

* 1951, w:Eric_Voegelin, Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (1987), page 125

*: The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics

* 1956, w:C._S._Lewis|C._S._Lewis, Fritz Eichenberg, w:Till_We_Have_Faces|Till_We_Have_Faces:_A_Myth_Retold, page 241

*: "She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.

Translations

idolize

Dutch: verafgoden, idoliseren

Franska - idolâtrer

Norska - forgude

, idolisere

Spanska - idolatrar

deify

Franska - déifier

Norska - forgude

Spanska - deificar

See also

agnosticism

apatheism

atheism

deism

divine

henotheism

kathenotheism

gnosticism

monolatrism

monotheism

pandeism

pantheism

polytheism

Tetragrammaton

theism

References

Anagrams

dog#English|dog, DOG#English|DOG

----

god (Danish)

Etymology

From - da - |good|lang=non, from - gʰedʰ-|to join, to unite|lang=da.

Pronunciation

- ɡ̊oðˀ|ɡ̊oːˀ|lang=da

Adjective

da|adjective|neuter|godt|definite and plural|gode|comparative|bedre|superlative|bedst

good

----

god (Dutch)

Etymology

From - nl - lang=odt, from - gudan|lang=nl.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: ɔt|lang=nl

- Nl-god (Belgium).ogg|/ʝɔt/

- Nl-God.ogg|/ɣɔt/

Noun

m|goden|godje

god#English|god

Related terms

godin

----

god (Gothic)

Romanization

𐌲𐍉𐌳

----

god (Low German)

Alternative forms

- lang=nds goot (got)

- lang=nds good

Etymology

From - nds, from - nds. from - gōdaz|lang=nds.

Pronunciation

- lang=nds, - lang=nds

Adjective

nds|adjective

- lang=nds good

- lang=nds - lang=nds

----

god (Middle English)

Etymology

ang|enm

- lang=ang

Noun

#English|god

----

god (Middle Low German)

Etymology 1

From - gml, from - gōdaz|lang=gml.

Pronunciation

- lang=gml

Adjective

good

Descendants

Low German - god

Etymology 2

From - gml, from - gudan|lang=gml.

Alternative forms

- gad (later Middle Low German)

Pronunciation

- /ɣɔːt/|lang=gml, - lang=gml (see Wiktionary:About_Low_German#The_Merge_of_A_and_O|the_A-O-merge)

- /ɣɔt/|lang=gml

Noun

#English|god

----

god (Navajo)

Etymology

From - -ɢᴜ̓t’|lang=nv. Cognates:

Apachean: Western Apache - -god, Chiricahua - -go’

Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey -gó’, Hare -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Dene Sųłiné -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Dunneza -gʷəd, Central Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena’ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd

Pronunciation

- lang=nv

Noun

-god (inalienable)

knee

Derived terms

shigod = "my knee"

bigod = "her/his/their knee"

----

god (Norwegian)

Etymology

From - no - lang=non.

Adjective

bedre|best

good

----

god (Old English)

Etymology 1

From - gudan|lang=ang, from - ǵʰuto-|invoked; poured, libated|lang=ang, from an original root - ǵʰaw-|lang=ang|title=, - ǵʰawH-|call, invoke|lang=ang|title= or - ǵʰew-|pour|lang=ang|title=. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian - lang=ofs, Old Saxon - god|lang=osx (Low German - lang=nds), Dutch - god, Old High German - got (German - lang=de), Old Norse - lang=non, - lang=non (Danish and Swedish - lang=da), Gothic - 𐌲𐌿𐌸|lang=got|tr=guþ. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek - καυχάομαι||I extol, boast|tr=kaukhaomai|lang=grc, Old Irish - |voice|lang=sga, Old Church Slavonic - зъвати|lang=cu (Russian - звать|tr=zvat’||call).

Pronunciation

- /ɡod/

Noun

#English|god

Declension

Noun

God, the Christian god

Declension

god

Descendants

English: god

Etymology 2

, from - gʰadʰ-|to gather, align, match|lang=ang. Cognate with Old Frisian - gōd|lang=ofs, Old Saxon - gōd|lang=osx, Dutch - lang=nl, Old High German - lang=goh (German - lang=de), Old Norse - lang=non (Swedish - lang=sv), Gothic - tr=goths|lang=got|sc=Goth.

Pronunciation

- lang=ang

Adjective

good, appropriate, pleasing

Declension

gōd

Descendants

English: good

Scots: guid

Noun

gōd

good; goodness, benefit, well-being

Declension

----

god (Old Saxon)

Etymology 1

From - gōdaz|lang=osx.

Adjective

good

Descendants

Middle Low German - god

Etymology 2

From - gudan|lang=osx.

Noun

#English|god

Descendants

Middle Low German - gad, - god

----

god (Romansch)

Alternative forms

- rm|guaud

- rm|uaul

- rm|gòld

- rm|gôt

Etymology

Of probable - rm

Tyska - -

- lang=de, - - lang=nl).

Noun

m

- Vallader|lang=rm forest

----

god (Serbo-Croatian)

Etymology

From - godъ|lang=sh. Cognate with Slovene - lang=sl, Old Church Slavonic - годъ|tr=godŭ|lang=cu, Russian - год|tr=god|lang=ru.

Pronunciation

- lang=sh

Noun

name_day

anniversary, holiday

ring (on a tree)

Declension

gȏd|gȍdovi |goda|godova |godu|godovima |god|godove |gode|godovi |godu|godovima |godom|godovima

Particle

r|год

generalization particle

(t)ko god — whoever

što god — whatever

koji god — whichever

: Uzmi koji god hočeš.

:: Take whichever you want.

kad god — whenever

čiji god — whoever's

kako god — in whichever way

kakav god — of whatever kind

koliki god — of whichever size

koliko god — no matter how much/many

----

god (Slovene)

Etymology

From - godъ|lang=sl. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian - lang=sh, Old Church Slavonic - годъ|lang=cu.

Noun

name_day

----

god (Swedish)

Etymology

From - sv - lang=non, from - gōdaz|lang=sv.

Pronunciation

- audio

- /ɡuːd/

Adjective

good (not bad), fine, useful

good (not evil), kind

good (tasting)

Declension

Derived terms

god_dag

Antonyms

not bad

dålig

not evil

elak, ond

tasting

äcklig, illasmakande

----

god (West Frisian)

Noun

( goaden)

god, deity

ang:god simple:god

Fullständig information på

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/god