Goethe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Goethe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜː.tə/, (after German) /ˈɡø.tə/
• (Chicago) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɚɾə]

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Goe‧the

Proper noun

Goethe

2. A surname from German.

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer

   • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:

     The dictatorship of the proletariat was only a short, transient phase after which the glorious classless society would set in-a society of supermen, any one of whom could become the intellectual equal of Aristotle, Goethe, or Marx.

Derived terms

• Goethean

Translations

surname

• Arabic: غُوتَه m or f (ḡūtah)
• Armenian: Գյոթե (Gyotʻe)
• Belarusian: Гётэ m or f (Hjóte)
• Bulgarian: Гьо́те m or f (Gjóte)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歌德 (zh) (Gēdé)

• Farefare: Geeta, Geete
• French: Goethe (fr) m or f
• Georgian: გოეთე (ka) (goete)
• German: Goethe (de) m or f
• Greek: Γκαίτε (el) m or f (Gkaíte)
• Hindi: गेटे m or f (geṭe)
• Hungarian: Goethe (hu)
• Japanese: ゲーテ (Gēte)
• Korean: 괴테 (Goete)
• Macedonian: Гете m or f (Gete)
• Mongolian: Гёте (Gjote)
• Persian: گوته (gote, gute)
• Polish: Goethe (pl) m pers or f
• Portuguese: Goethe m or f
• Russian: Гёте (ru) m or f (Gjótɛ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гете

• Spanish: Goethe
• Ukrainian: Ґе́те m or f (Géte), Ге́те m or f (Héte)
• Yiddish: געטע m or f (gete)

Further reading

• “Goethe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

German

Alternative forms

• Göthe

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡøː.tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -øːtə
• Hyphenation: Goe‧the

Proper noun

Goethe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Goethes or (with an article) Goethe, feminine genitive Goethe, plural Goethes or Goethe)

2. a surname, equivalent to English Goethe, notably of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Polish

Alternative forms

• Gete (now proscribed)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Goethe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɛ
• Syllabification: Goe‧the

Proper noun

Goethe m pers (indeclinable)

2. a male surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe

   Johann Wolfgang Goethe: niemiecki pisarz, artysta, przyrodnik, polityk (1749–1832)

   Johann Wolfgang Goethe: German writer, artist, naturalist, politician (1749–1832)

Declension

Declension of Goethe

	singular	plural
nominative	Goethe	Goethowie/Goethe (deprecative)
genitive	Goethego	Goethów
dative	Goethemu	Goethom
accusative	Goethego	Goethów
instrumental	Goethem	Goethami
locative	Goethem	Goethach
vocative	Goethe	Goethowie/Goethe (deprecative)

or

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

adjectives

• goethowski

Proper noun

Goethe f (indeclinable)

2. a female surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe

Further reading

• “Goethe”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “Goethe”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[2], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Goethe.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.t͡ʃi/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: Goe‧the

Proper noun

Goethe m

2. a surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Goethe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡøte/, [ˈɡøte]
• Rhymes: -øte
• IPA^(key): /ɡeːte/, [ˈɡeːte]
• Rhymes: -eːte
• Hyphenation: Goe‧the

Proper noun

Goethe m pers (relational adjective goetheovský)

2. a surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe.

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer

Declension

Declension of Goethe
(pattern kuli)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Goethe	Goetheovia	Goetheovci
genitive	Goetheho	Goetheov	Goetheovcov
dative	Goethemu	Goetheom	Goetheovcom
accusative	Goetheho	Goetheov	Goetheovcov
locative	Goethem	Goetheoch	Goetheovcoch
instrumental	Goethem	Goetheami	Goetheovcami

Further reading

• “Goethe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Goethe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡete/ [ˈɡe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: Goe‧the

Proper noun

Goethe m

2. a surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer