Polyglot Dictionary

Gott

/ɡɔt/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Götter

Meaning

  1. God, god

    Capitalized and without an article when referring to the monotheistic God ("an Gott glauben"); lowercase and with an article for a deity in polytheistic belief ("ein griechischer Gott").

    • Mein Gott, das war knapp!

      My God, that was close!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

herrgott

Gott and Herrgott are close synonyms for "God"; Herrgott is slightly more emphatic or colloquial, also used in exclamations.

Practice

1 What does Gott mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___, das war knapp!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gott?

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