got

See also: Appendix:Variations of "got"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gothic.

Symbol

got

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gothic.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gothic terms

English

Pronunciation

• UK
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒt/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• US
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑt/
  • (African-American) IPA^(key): /ɡaʔ/

  • Audio (US):

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  • (New England, Boston) IPA^(key): /ɡʌt/, /ɡɒt/
• Australia / New Zealand
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

  • Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Verb

got (third-person singular simple present got or (nonstandard) gots, no present participle, simple past (by suppletion) had, no past participle)

1. Expressing obligation; used with have.

   I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.

2. (colloquial, with to) Must; have/has (to).

   I got to go study.

   • 1971, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records:

     We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!

3. (colloquial, regional or nonstandard) Have/has.

   They got a new car.

   He got a lot of nerve.

Verb

got

1. simple past of get

   We got the last bus home.

2. past participle of get

   By that time we’d got very cold.

   I’ve got two children.

   How many children have you got?

Usage notes

• (expressing obligation): "Got" is a filler word in the following example with no obvious grammatical or semantic function: "I've got to study for my exams" has the same meaning as "I have to study for my exams". It is often stressed in speech: "You've just got to see this."
• (have): In nonstandard speech, "got" may be reinterpreted as a regular present tense, so that the form gots appears in the third-person singular present, e.g. She gots a red bike.
• (past participle of get): The second sentence literally means "At some time in the past I got (obtained) two children", but in "have got" constructions like this, where "got" is used in the sense of "obtained", the sense of obtaining is lost, becoming merely one of possessing, and the sentence is in effect just a more colloquial way of saying "I have two children". Similarly, the third sentence is just a more colloquial way of saying "How many children do you have?"
• (past participle of get): The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see Usage Notes on "get" for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has mostly lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases. Notice the idiom get got.

Synonyms

• (must, have (to), have got to): gotta (informal)

Derived terms

• gotcha
• gotten
• ungot

Etymology 2

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.

Verb

got (invariable)

2. (Singlish, Manglish) Have; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).

   You got problem is it?

   Got ants over here.

   Got car! Got car! ― Watch out for the car!

   • 1999, Alfian Sa'at, Corridor, Singapore: SNP Editions, →OCLC, page 122:

     “Got lighter or not?”

   • 2010, Haresh Sharma, Those Who Can't, Teach, Epigram Books, Act II, scene iv:

     She sure got a lot of costume change, make-up, wig long long…

   • 2022, Daren Shiau, chapter VIII, in Heartland, Ethos Books, →ISBN:

     “There is no such thing as president of the world. But there is one king of the world. I am king of the world. Bigger than you!”
     “Where got king, one? Who say so? You play cheat.”
     “My mother say got. You don’t believe me you ask her.”

4. (Singlish, auxiliary) Marks the completive or experiential aspect.

   Synonym: (Singlish, experiential aspect only) ever

   You got shower? ― Have you showered?

   I got ski. ― I went skiing.

   I got ski before. ― I have skied before.

   • 2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13:

     You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.

   • 2021, Daryl Qilin Yam, Lovelier, Lonelier, Epigram Books, →ISBN:

     I got find it a bit weird lah, to be honest with you—it’s just a small cup!

6. (Singlish, auxiliary) Used as a marker of realis modality.

   I got go Taiwan next year. ― I’m already/actually going to Taiwan next year.

8. (Singlish, auxiliary) Used to emphasize that an action has been done.

   I got tell them just now.

10. (Singlish, auxiliary) Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.

    I got cook meals for them. ― I cook meals for them; I would cook meals for them (now and then or regularly).

    You got play badminton? ― Do you play badminton?

Derived terms

• where got

References

• Nomoto, Hiroki; Lee, Nala Huiying (2012), “Realis, factuality and derived-level statives: Perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got”, in Cahiers Chronos, volume 25, →ISSN, pages 219-239

Anagrams

• GTO, OTG, TGO, tog

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɔt]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus. Cognate with Italian gotto, Ladin got, Occitan gòt, Venetan goto.

Noun

got m (plural gots)

1. glass (drinking glass)

   Synonyms: tassó, vas

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin Gothus.

Noun

got m (plural gots, feminine goda, feminine plural godes)

1. Goth

Derived terms

• gòtic (“Gothic”)

Related terms

• ostrogot
• visigot

Further reading

• “got”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Finnish

Noun

got

1. nominative plural of go

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch goot (“gutter”), from Middle Dutch gōte, from Old Dutch *gota, from Proto-Germanic *gutō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔt]
• Hyphenation: got

Noun

got

1. gutter (a prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water)

   Synonyms: apuran, selokan, comberan, talang

Further reading

• “got”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

got

1. romanization of ꦒꦺꦴꦠ꧀

Ladin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus. Cognate with Catalan got, Venetan goto, Italian gotto.

Noun

got m (plural goc)

1. (Gherdëina, Badiot) glass (drinking glass)

   Bever n got de lat.

   To drink a glass of milk.

Alternative forms

• taza (Fascian)

Low German

Adjective

got (comparative bȩter or bäter)

1. alternative form of goot

See also

• god

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

got m

1. god
2. the Christian God

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	got	gōde
accusative	got	gōde
genitive	gots, gōots, gōdes	gōde
dative	gōde	gōden

Alternative forms

• god

Descendants

• Dutch: god, God
  • Afrikaans: god, God
• Limburgish: gód, Gód

Further reading

• “got”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “god”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page god

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.

Alternative forms

• gat, gathe, goth
• goet, gote, gothe, goot (Late Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̝ːt/
• IPA^(key): /ɡaːt/ (Northern)

Noun

got (plural gotes or get)

1. goat (especially a female)
2. The meat or flesh of goats
3. A chamois or antelope
4. A lustful individual; lust as a concept
5. (astrology) Capricorn

Descendants

• English: goat (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: gait, gayt
• Yola: geearth, geearte, gearte, gurth

References

• “gōt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

got

1. alternative form of gutte

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German got.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈɡot/

Noun

got m

1. god; deity

Declension

Declension of got (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	got	die	gote
genitive	eines	dës	gotes	dër	gote
dative	eime	dëm	gote	dën	goten
accusative	einen	dën	got	die	gote

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Gott
• Bavarian:
  • Cimbrian: Gott
  • Mòcheno: Gott
• Central Franconian: Jott
  • Hunsrik: Gott
  • Luxembourgish: Gott
• German: Gott
• Low German:
  • German Low German:
    • Plautdietsch: Gott
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Pennsylvania German: Gott
• Vilamovian: Göt
• Yiddish: גאָט (got)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “got”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “got”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition

Middle Low German

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ô¹
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /ɣoːt/

Adjective

gôt (comparative bēter, superlative best)

1. good

Declension

Declension of got

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
	Strong declension
nominative	gôt			gôde
accusative	gôden	gôt	gôde
dative	gôdem(e) (gôdennote)		gôder(e)	gôden
genitive	gôdes			gôder(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	gôde			gôden
accusative	gôden	gôde	gôden
dative	gôden
genitive

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Descendants

• Low German: god

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɔt/

Noun

got m (genitive godes or gades, plural gode or gade)

1. god

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

got m

1. god

Inflection

Declension of got (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	got	goda
accusative	got	goda
genitive	godes	godo
dative	gode	godon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: got
  • Dutch: god, God
    • Afrikaans: god, God
  • Limburgish: gód, Gód

Further reading

• “got”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• cot

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old Dutch got, Old Norse guð, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).

Noun

got m

1. god

Declension

Declension of got (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	got	gotā, gota
accusative	got	gotā, gota
genitive	gotes	goto
dative	gote	gotum
instrumental	gotu	—

Derived terms

• fiurgot
• fuotargot
• gotmann
• irmingot

Descendants

• Middle High German: got
  • Alemannic German: Gott
  • Bavarian:
    • Cimbrian: Gott
    • Mòcheno: Gott
  • Central Franconian: Jott
    • Hunsrik: Gott
    • Luxembourgish: Gott
  • German: Gott
  • Low German:
    • German Low German:
      • Plautdietsch: Gott
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Gott
  • Vilamovian: Göt
  • Yiddish: גאָט (got)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “got”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from gotyk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: got
• Homophone: Got

Noun

got m pers (female equivalent gotka)

1. (music) goth (person who is part of the goth subculture)

Declension

Declension of got

	singular	plural
nominative	got	goci/goty (deprecative)
genitive	gota	gotów
dative	gotowi	gotom
accusative	gota	gotów
instrumental	gotem	gotami
locative	gocie	gotach
vocative	gocie	goci

Related terms

adjectives

• gocki
• gotycki

adverb

• gotycko

nouns

• Got
• Gotka
• gotycysta
• gotycyzm
• gotyk

Further reading

• “got”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “got”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Goth, from Latin Gothus.

Noun

got m (plural goți)

1. Goth

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	got	gotul	goți	goții
genitive-dative	got	gotului	goți	goților
vocative	gotule		goților

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Cognate with Czech hlt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôt/

Adjective

gôt (Cyrillic spelling гôт)

1. (Kajkavian) throat

References

• August Kovačec (2020), Rječnik govora Jesenja, Gornje Jesenje: Općina Jesenje, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gotar. Doublet of gute. Compare origin of göt.

Noun

got c

1. (historical) Goth (member of the ancient group of peoples)

Declension

Declension of got

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	got	gots
	definite	goten	gotens
plural	indefinite	goter	goters
	definite	goterna	goternas

Derived terms

• västgot
• östgot

References

• “got”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• got in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔt/

Noun

got

1. soft mutation of cot

Mutation

Mutated forms of cot

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cot	got	nghot	chot

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yola

Verb

got

1. alternative form of godth
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

     Jaane got leigheen; shoo pleast aam all, fowe?.

     Joan set them a laughing, she pleased them all, how?

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *koːtᴰ (“to hug; to embrace”). Cognate with Thai กอด (gɔ̀ɔt), Lao ກອດ (kǭt), Shan ၵွတ်ႇ (kàut).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /koːt˧˥/
• Tone numbers: god⁷
• Hyphenation: got

Verb

got (1957–1982 spelling got)

1. to hug; to embrace.