god
/ɡɑd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.57 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
noun
An idol.
noun
An idol.
noun
A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
noun
The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
Example Sentences
- "The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah."
- "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."
- "Leo Messi is my god!"
- "whose god is their belly"
- "There was an order in the universe, but it was no longer the order of the past. There was only one God, whose name was steam and spoke in the voice of Malthus, McCulloch, and anyone who employed machinery."
- "In 1951 Stalin was a god and the official tone towards the West was one of total antagonism."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god 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. Cognates Cognate with Scots God (“God”), Yola God, Gud (“God”), gud (“god”), Saterland Frisian God (“God”), West Frisian God (“God”), god (“deity, god”), Alemannic German, Cimbrian, German, Luxembourgish and Mòcheno Gott (“God”), Central Franconian Jott (“God”), Dutch god (“deity, god”), Limburgish Gód (“God”), gód (“god”), Vilamovian Göt (“God”), Yiddish גאָט (got, “god; God”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish gud (“god; God”), Faroese Gud (“God”), Icelandic goð (“idol, pagan god”), guð, Guð (“God”), Norwegian Nynorsk Gu, Gud (“God”), gu, gud (“god”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ, “deity, god; God”). Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰew-, god, *god, *gudą
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɑd/
- British English: /ɡɒd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.
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