# god
## English
### Alternative forms

* gawd, Gawd (humorous, pronunciation spelling)
* g-d, G-d, God

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: gŏd
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɡɒd/, (archaic) /ɡɔːd/
** (General American, Ireland) IPA: /ɡɑd/
** Audio (General American):(file)
** (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ɡɔd/, /ɡɔːd/
** (Canada, Wales) IPA: /ɡɒːd/
** (Scotland) IPA: /ɡɔd/
* Homophone: gaud (cot–caught merger)
* Rhymes: -ɒd

### Noun

god (plural gods)
* A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:god
    The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.
** 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.
* An idol.
** A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
** (figurative) Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
    Leo Messi is my god!
*** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philippians 3:19:whose god is their belly
* (figurative) A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
** 1959, Percy E. Corbett, Law in Diplomacy, page 105:In 1951 Stalin was a god and the official tone towards the West was one of total antagonism.
* (figurative, informal) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
    He is the god of soccer!
* (figurative, informal) An exceedingly handsome man.
    Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.
** a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, Disabled:Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.
* (Internet, roleplaying games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
    Synonyms: arch, imp
** 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 god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess. (In Old English the feminine gyden, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine goda, existed.)

#### Derived terms

* Abrahamic God
* antigod
* begod
* bell curve god
* belly-god
* bow down before the porcelain god
* bread god
* culture god
* degod
* demigod
* demi-god
* door god
* exgod
* ex-god
* for the gods
* gallows god
* G-d
* g-d
* giddy
* gift from the gods
* God
* GOD
* godaunt
* god awful
* god-awful
* god-bairn gift
* God bless you
* godbrother
* godchild
* god-child
* goddam
* god dammit
* god damn
* goddamn
* goddaughter
* godded
* Goddess
* goddess
* godding
* goddish
* god draw
* god-emperor
* godfamily
* godfather
* God-fearing
* god-fearing
* godfearing
* God forbid
* godform
* godforsaken
* god forsaken
* god-forsaken
* god game
* God-given
* godgrandchild
* godgranddaughter
* god-grandfather
* godgrandfather
* god-grandmother
* godgrandmother
* godgrandparent
* godgrandson
* god hand
* godhead
* godhood
* godite
* godkid
* godkiller
* godkin
* godkind
* god-king
* god king
* godless
* godlet
* god-like
* godlike
* godliness
* godling
* godlore
* God love someone
* godly
* godmama
* godman
* god mic
* god-modding
* god mode
* godmother
* godnephew
* godness
* godniece
* God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
* God of Israel
* God of the gaps
* godpapa
* godpappy
* godparent
* god ray
* God's Blessing Green
* gods bless you
* gods damn
* godsend
* gods-fearing
* godship
* godsib
* god-sibling
* godsibling
* godsister
* godslaughter
* gods may do what cattle may not
* godson
* Godspeed
* godspouse
* gods willing
* god that failed
* God the Father
* God the Holy Ghost
* God the Holy Spirit
* God the Son
* god tier
* goduncle
* Godward
* God willing
* god willing
* godwoman
* gossip
* Greek god
* gyatt
* halfgod
* half-god
* honest-to-God
* honest to God
* honest-to-gods
* honest to gods
* Horned God
* Hottentot god
* Hottentot's god
* housegod
* household god
* in the lap of the gods
* Lamb-god
* Lamb of God
* momentary god
* muscle god
* nongod
* oh my god
* oh my gods
* personal god
* personal God
* porcelain god
* pray to the porcelain god
* random number god
* river god
* semigod
* sex god
* skygod
* subgod
* sungod
* thank God
* thank god
* thank gods
* the gods smile on someone
* the mills of the gods grind slowly
* thunder god
* thunder god vine
* time spent laughing is time spent with the gods
* tin god
* to the gods
* undergod
* ungod
* ungodly
* worship the porcelain god
* ye gods
* ye gods and little fishes

#### Descendants

* Belizean Creole: gaad
* Sranan Tongo: gado

#### Translations
### Proper noun

god
* (often derogatory, also philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of God
** 1530, William Tyndall, “An aunſwere vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue”, in The whole workes of W. Tyndall […], published 1573, page 271:And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.
** 2005, Diane L. Gabriel, Angel of My Heart, →ISBN, page 46:“I say fuck it. Fuck god and fuck all the religions that praise him.”
** 2010 [6th century], Boethius, translated by Andrew Smith, On Aristotle, On Interpretation 1–3, page 136:For if the necessity of events is bound up with god’s knowledge, if there is no necessity in events, the divine knowledge is abolished. And whose mind is so distorted by such an impious idea that he would dare to say this of god?
** 2012, Penn Jillette, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, →ISBN, page 77:If I ask you if you believe in god, I just want to know if you have an imaginary omnipotent friend who you really believe lives outside of you in the real world.
** 2016, Andrew Sneddon, A is for Atheist: An A to Z of the Godfree Life‎, →ISBN:Perhaps what is needed is just the right attitude: one’s heart should be open to god in order to hear his messages. […] It does not matter: such claims only prove my point about the communicative shortcomings of so-called divine signs.
** 2017, Myrto Hatzimichali, “Stoicism and Platonism in ‘Arius Didymus’”, in Troels Engberg-Pedersen, editor, From Stoicism to Platonism: The Development of Philosophy, 100 BCE–100 CE, →ISBN, page 91:This is the formulation of the moral end as ‘assimilation to god’, which would become standard in later Platonism.

### Verb

god (third-person singular simple present gods, present participle godding, simple past and past participle godded)
* (transitive) To idolize.
** 1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, act V, scene III: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, 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?
* (transitive) To deify.
** 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe:Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, / In which so fell and puissant he grew, / That Jove himselfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.
** 1951, Eric Voegelin, Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction, published 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, C. S. Lewis, Fritz Eichenberg, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, page 241:"She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.["]

#### Translations
### See also

* agnosticism
* apatheism
* atheism
* bitheism
* deism
* ditheism
* divine
* gnosticism
* henotheism
* kathenotheism
* monolatrism
* monotheism
* pandeism
* panentheism
* pantheism
* pantheon
* polytheism
* Tetragrammaton
* theism
* tritheism

### References

* Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
* Bosworth, Toller, "An Anglo Saxon Dictionary": http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/017298

### Further reading

* god on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* god (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Dog, OGD, DOG, 'dog, ODG, dog

## Danish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish gōþær, gothær, from Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Cognate with English good and German gut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡ̊oˀð], [ˈɡ̊oðˀ], [ˈɡ̊oˀ]
* Rhymes: -oð
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

god (neuter godt, plural and definite singular attributive gode, comparative bedre, superlative (predicative) bedst, superlative (attributive) bedste)
* good

### References

* “god” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch god, from Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Compare English and West Frisian god, German Gott, Danish gud.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɔt/
* Rhymes: -ɔt
* Audio (Belgium); [ʝɔt]:(file)
* Audio (Netherlands); [xɔt], [ɣɔt]:(file)

### Noun

god m (plural goden, diminutive godje n, feminine godin)
* god, deity

#### Derived terms

See also the derived terms at God.
* afgod
* berggod
* God
* godbevinding
* goddelijk
* godenbeeld
* godenbrood
* godendienst
* godendochter
* godendom
* godendrank
* godenkind
* godenleer
* godenspijs
* godenzoon
* godgeleerdheid
* godgezang
* godheid
* godin
* godsakker
* godschalk
* godsdienst
* godsgebied
* godsgeheim
* godshuis
* godskind
* godslastering
* godsloochening
* godsnaam
* godswonder
* godvormig
* krijgsgod
* minnegod
* ongodisme
* vruchtbaarheidsgod

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: god, got, godt

## Gothic
### Romanization

gōd
* Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳

## Irish
### Pronoun

god
* Munster form of cad, only used in god é

## Low German
### Alternative forms

* good, goot, got
* (in other dialects) gaud (comparative bäter, beter)
* (in other dialects) gut (comparative bȩter)
* (in other dialects) gud (comparative biäter), gutt (inflected gudd-)

### Etymology

From Middle Low German gôt, from Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoʊt/, /ɣɔʊt/, /ɣoʊt/

### Adjective

god
* (in some dialects) good (alternative spelling of goot)

#### Usage notes

* The comparative is bäter and the superlative is best.

## Lower Sorbian
### Noun

god
* Superseded spelling of gód.

## Middle Dutch
### Noun

god m
* Alternative spelling of got

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

#### Alternative forms

* God, godd, godde

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔd/

#### Noun

god (plural goddes, genitive goddes)
* A god or deity; a divine individual.
* A person worshipped as a divinity.

##### Descendants

* English: god
* Scots: god
* Yola: gud

#### Proper noun

god (genitive goddes, uncountable)
* God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ)
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:5, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:⁊ leıtıs ⁊ voıces ⁊ þundꝛıngıs camen out of þe troone. ⁊ ſeuene lau[m]pıs bꝛe[n]nynge bıfoꝛe þe troone.· whıche ben þe ſeuene ſpırıtıs of godAnd lightning, sounds, and thunder came out of the throne, and seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
** a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
    I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.I am gracious and great, God without beginning, / I am the unmade maker—all might is in me, / I am life and the way to the attainment of salvation, / I am foremost and first—as I command, it shall be.

##### Related terms

* godfader
* godmoder
* godsone
* gospel

##### Descendants

* English: God, od (archaic, regional, euphemistic), god (as proper noun, often derogatory or in philosophy), gawd, Gawd, g-d, G-d
** → Pohnpeian: Koht
* Scots: God
* Yola: Gud, God

#### References

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “god”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.

### Etymology 2

From Old English gōd (“good”).

#### Adjective

god
* Alternative form of good

## Middle Low German
### Adjective

god
* Alternative spelling of gôt.

### Noun

god
* Alternative spelling of got.
* Alternative spelling of gôt.

## Navajo
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ɢᴜ̓t’.
Cognates:
* Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
* Others: Hupa -ɢot’, Mattole -goʔł, Galice -gʷay’, Chilcotin -gʷə́d, Slavey, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -gʷə̀de’, Beaver -gʷəd, Lower Tanana -gᴜd, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -ɢo’d, Dena'ina -ɢət’, Eyak -ɢuʰd

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kòt], [kɣʷòt]

### Noun

-god (inalienable)
* knee

#### Derived terms

* agod (“someone’s knee”)
* hagod (“one’s knee”)
* bigod (“his/her/their knee”)
* shigod (“my knee”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡuː/, [ɡɯᵝː]

### Adjective

god (neuter singular godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
* good

#### Derived terms

* god dag
* god jul
* god natt
* godartet
* godt nytt år
* godt nyttår
* godta
* ingen nyheter er gode nyheter
* selvgod
* så langt, så godt

### References

* “god” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”). Akin to English good.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡuː/

#### Adjective

god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
* good

##### Derived terms

* god dag
* god jol
* god jul
* god natt
* godt nytt år
* godt nyttår
* så langt, så godt

##### Related terms

Male given names:
* Godråd
* Godvile

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse goð.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoː/

#### Noun

god ?
* god (only used in given names)
    Synonym: gud

##### Related terms

Male given names:
* Godbrand
* Godgjest
* Godhjalte
* Godmann
* Godmund
* Godolv
* Godrek
* Godrik
* Godtorm
* Gottorm
Female given names:
* Godrun

### References

* “god” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːd/

#### Adjective

gōd (comparative betera, superlative betest, adverb wel)
* good

##### Derived terms

* gōdnes

##### Descendants

* Middle English: good, god, gode, goed, gude
** English: good, goode (obsolete)
*** Solombala English: гудъ (gud), гутъ (gut)
** Scots: guid
** Yola: gooude, gude, gayde

#### Noun

gōd n
* good (something good or good things collectively)
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"
    ...þæt is buh fram yfele and dō gōd....'Turn from evil, and do good.'
* goods, possessions
** c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sundayin September, when Job is read"
    ...and his suna fērdon and ðēnode ǣlc ōðrum mid his gōdum on ymhwyrfte æt his hūse......and his sons went and served each other with his goods in turn at his house...

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡod/

#### Noun

god n or m
* god
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa"
    Gehelp urum godum and hat to þe gefeccan þisne dry Iulianum þe ure goda anlicnysse mid ealle to-brytte...Help our gods, and command men to bring thee this sorcerer Julianus, who hath utterly broken the images of our gods,...
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
    Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
    Nu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...Since ye will not offer to the great gods, ye shall never henceforth be to me so worthy nor so dear as ye were before;...
** c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wisan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.Paganism is when you practice idolatry, that is, when you worship heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if you love witchcraft or commit murderous acts in any way, whether by sacrifice or by divination, or take any part in such delusions.

##### Declension
###### neuter

Strong a-stem:

###### masculine

Strong a-stem:

##### Synonyms

* ōs

##### Derived terms

* godcund (“divine, godlike”)
* goddohtor (“goddaughter”)
* godfæder (“godfather”)
* godmōdor (“godmother”)
* godsunu (“godson”)
* gyden (“goddess”)

#### Proper noun

god m
* Alternative letter-case form of God.

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Descendants

* Middle English: god, God, godd, godde
** English: god
** Scots: god
** Yola: gud

## Old Frisian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd.

#### Pronunciation

* (13th CE) IPA: [ɡoːd]
* Hyphenation: god

#### Adjective

gōd
* good

##### Descendants

* North Frisian: gud, gödj, gur
* Saterland Frisian: goud
* West Frisian: goed

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god.

#### Pronunciation

* (13th CE) IPA: [ɡod]
* Hyphenation: god

#### Noun

god m
* god
* (Christianity) God
** c. 1485, Freeska Landriucht [The Law of the Frisian Land]‎, page 1:THer era godes ſynre liauer moder Maria alle des himelſche heerſchipes.In honour of god, his mother Mary, all the heavenly hosts.

##### Descendants

* North Frisian:
** Föhr-Amrum: God
* Saterland Frisian: God
* West Frisian: god, God

### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 197

## Old Saxon
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).
Cognate with Old English gōd, Old Frisian gōd, Old High German guot, Old Dutch guot, Old Norse góðr.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣoːd/
* IPA: /ɡoːd/

#### Adjective

gōd (comparative betiro, superlative betst)
* good
** Heliand, verse 363
    Davides thes gōdonDavid the Good

##### Descendants

* Middle Low German: gôt
** German Low German: good
** Low German: goot

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣoːd/
* IPA: /ɡoːd/

#### Noun

gōd n
* goodness, benefit
** Heliand, verse 1456
    dōt im gōdes filuThey gave to them loads of goods

##### Descendants

* Middle Low German: gôt
** German Low German: Good
** Low German: Goot

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Compare Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɔd/
* IPA: /ɡoːd/

#### Noun

god n
* god
** Heliand, verse 326
    godes ēgan barnGod's own child

##### Descendants

* Middle Low German: got

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɔd/
* IPA: /ɡoːd/

#### Noun

god m
* God (the Christian god)
** Heliand, verse 11
    thia habdon maht godes helpa fan himilaThey had the power by the help of God in the heavens

##### Descendants

* Middle Low German: got

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* guaud (Rumantsch Grischun)
* uaul, gòld (Sutsilvan)
* gôt (Surmiran)

### Etymology

Of probable Germanic origin. Cognate with German Wald, German Low German Woold, Dutch woud, English wold).

### Noun

god m (plural gods)
* (Puter, Vallader) forest

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Slovene god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ), Russian год (god).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡôːd/

### Noun

gȏd m (Cyrillic spelling го̑д)
* name day
* anniversary, holiday
* ring (on a tree)

#### Derived terms

* godimice
* godinama
* godinica

#### Related terms

* gȍdina

### Particle

god (Cyrillic spelling год)
* generalization particle
    (t)ko god ― whoever
    što god ― whatever
    gdje god ― wherever
    koji god ― whichever
    Uzmi koji god hoćeš! ― 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

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *godъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian god, Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡóːt/

### Noun

gọ̑d m inan
* name day
    Synonyms: godovni dan, godovno, imendan
* name day celebration
    Synonym: godovanje
* (obsolete) anniversary
    Synonym: obletnica

#### Derived terms

* godováti
* godọ̑vnik
* pogọ̑du

### Further reading

* “god”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “god”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English god. Compare with god tier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡod/ [ˈɡoð̞]
* Rhymes: -od
* Syllabification: god

### Adjective

god m or f (masculine and feminine plural godes)
* (Internet slang) fire; cool, amazing; excellent
    Synonym: genial
    Esta película es god.This movie is fire.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gōþer, from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡuːd/, (colloquial) /ɡuː/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

god (comparative godare or bättre, superlative godast or bäst)
* good, morally commendable
    en god människaa good person
    en god gärninga good deed
    att vilja göra gott [nominalized]to want to do good
    en god hustrua good wife [could also be considered to belong to other senses]
* tasty, good (tasting good)
    Synonyms: välsmakande, (colloquial) go
    Är maten god?Is the food good? [The intuition in Swedish is closer to "tasty" than "good" – see the usage notes below]
    Mums! Gott!Yum! Tasty!
    Kebabsåsen var jättegodThe kebab sauce was really good / delicious
* good (having pleasing qualities)
    goda nyhetergood news ["bra" is less idiomatic]
    ett gott råda piece of good advice ["bra" is unidiomatic]
    vara i god formbe in good form [currently perform well – interchangeable with "bra"]
* good, proficient
    en god berättarea good story-teller ["bra" is less idiomatic]
    en god skytta good shot [someone with good aim, etc. – "bra" is also common]
* quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
    Synonym: (often) bra
    vinna med god marginalwin by a wide/good margin ["bra" is unidiomatic]
    Det är en god bit kvar att gåIt's quite some ways left to go [interchangeable with "bra"]
    Jag har god lust att anmäla domI'm quite tempted to report them ["bra" is less idiomatic]
* good (of friends and the like)
    De är goda vännerThey are good friends [with each other – "bra" brings the intuition closer to "both of them is a good friend"]

#### Usage notes

* In cases where god and bra are idiomatically interchangeable, god often sounds a bit old-fashioned.
* "God mat" only refers to taste (and is idiomatic when describing food as tasty). "Good food" in a more general sense (well-made, nutritious, tasty, etc. – context-dependent) is "bra mat."

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “not evil”): elak, ond
* (antonym(s) of “tasty”): äcklig, illasmakande
* (antonym(s) of “not bad”): dålig

#### Derived terms

* god dag
* god man
* godartad
* godbit
* goddagspilt
* godhet
* godhjärtad
* goding
* godis
* godkänd
* godlynt
* godmodig
* godnatt
* godo
* godsak
* godsint

### See also

* go

### References

* god in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* god in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* god in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* dog

## West Frisian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.

### Noun

god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)
* god, deity

#### Further reading

* “God”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011