got
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "got"
Symbol
got
See also
Pronunciation
- UK
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒt/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ɡɔt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- US
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑt/
- (African-American) IPA(key): /ɡaʔ/
Audio (US): (file) - (New England, Boston) IPA(key): /ɡʌt/, /ɡɒt/
- Australia / New Zealand
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɔt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- 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)
- Expressing obligation; used with have.
- I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.
- (colloquial, with to) Must; have/has (to).
- I got to go study.
- 1971, Carole King, Gerry Goffin (lyrics and music), “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records:
- We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!
- (colloquial, regional or nonstandard) Have/has.
- They got a new car.
- He got a lot of nerve.
Verb
got
- simple past of get
- We got the last bus home.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (must, have (to)): gotta (informal)
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)
- (Singlish, Manglish) Have; there is (indicates possession or existence).
- Got problem is it?
- Got ants over here.
- 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…
- (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:
- (Singlish, auxiliary) Used as a marker of realis modality.
- I got go Taiwan next year. ― I’m already/actually going to Taiwan next year.
- (Singlish, auxiliary) Used to emphasize that an action has been done.
- I got tell them just now.
- (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
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
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus. Cognate with Ladin got, Venetan goto, Italian gotto.
Noun
got m (plural gots)
Etymology 2
Noun
got m (plural gots, feminine goda)
Derived terms
- gòtic (“Gothic”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “got”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
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Noun
got
- nominative plural of go
Adjective
got (comparative bȩter or bäter)
- Alternative spelling of goot
See also
Etymology
From Dutch goot (“gutter”), from Middle Dutch gōte, from Old Dutch *gota, from Proto-Germanic *gutō.
Pronunciation
Noun
got
Further reading
- “got” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Romanization
got
- Romanization of ꦒꦺꦴꦠ꧀
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus. Cognate with Catalan got, Venetan goto, Italian gotto.
Noun
got m (plural goc)
- (Gherdëina, Badiot) glass (drinking glass)
- Bever n got de lat.
- To drink a glass of milk.
Alternative forms
- taza (Fascian)
Etymology
From Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
Noun
got m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “got”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “god”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page god
Etymology 1
Noun
got
- Alternative form of goot
Etymology 2
Noun
got
- Alternative form of gutte
Etymology
From Old High German got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós, from *ǵʰew- + *-tós.
Pronunciation
Noun
got m
Declension
Declension of got (masculine, class 1 strong)
Descendants
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “got”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
- "got" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Etymology 1
From Old Saxon gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ô¹
Adjective
gôt (comparative bēter, superlative best)
Declension
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong declension | ||||
| Masculine | gôt | gôden | gôdem(e) (gôdennote) | gôdes |
| Neuter | gôt | |||
| Feminine | gôde | gôder(e) | ||
| Plural | gôde | gôden | gôder(e) | |
| Weak declension | ||||
| Masculine | gôde | gôden | gôden | |
| Neuter | gôde | |||
| Feminine | gôden | |||
| Plural | gôden | |||
| The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. | ||||
Declension of got
Descendants
- Low German: god
Etymology 2
From Old Saxon god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
Noun
got m
Inflection
Declension of got (masculine a-stem noun)
Descendants
Further reading
- “got”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Alternative forms
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
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | got | gota |
| accusative | got | gota |
| genitive | gotes | goto |
| dative | gote | gotum |
| instrumental | gotu | — |
Declension of got (masculine a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- "got" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)
Etymology
Back-formation from gotyk.
Pronunciation
Noun
got m pers (female equivalent gotka)
Declension
Declension of got
Related terms
adjectives
adverb
nouns
Further reading
Etymology
Noun
got m (plural goți)
Declension
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish gotar. Doublet of gute. Compare origin of göt.
Noun
got c
- (historical) Goth (member of the ancient group of peoples)
Declension
Declension of got
Derived terms
References
- got in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- got in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- got in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- got in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Pronunciation
Noun
got
- Soft mutation of cot.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Verb
got
- 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
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: got7
- Hyphenation: got
Verb
got (1957–1982 spelling got)
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