goed

See also: göd

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch goed, from Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χut/

Adjective

goed (attributive goeie, comparative beter, superlative beste)

  1. good

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ut
  • IPA(key): /ɣut/
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Adjective

goed (comparative beter, superlative best)

  1. good
    Ik voel me goed.
    I feel good.
    Het is een goede informatiebron.
    It is a good source of information.
  2. correct, right (factually or morally)
    Helaas, dat antwoord was niet goed.
    Too bad, that answer was not correct.
    Sommige mensen zien het verschil niet tussen goed en fout.
    Some people can't see the difference between right and wrong.
  3. all right, fine
    Dat is goed hoor.
    That's all right. That's fine.

Inflection

Inflection of goed
uninflected goed
inflected goede
comparative beter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial goed beter het best
het beste
indefinite m./f. sing. goede betere beste
n. sing. goed beter beste
plural goede betere beste
definite goede betere beste
partitive goeds beters —

Next to the regular form goede, the form goeie is also used informally.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Adverb

goed

  1. well
    Hij speelt goed tennis. — He plays tennis well.

Usage notes

Adverbs are the same as adjectives, so also the archaic adverb wel (well) is now goed, though it is still used in compounds, see words starting with "wel" in Van Dale.

Antonyms

Noun

goed n (plural goederen, diminutive goedje n)

  1. (usually in the plural) goods
  2. (archaic) an estate, a manor

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

goed

  1. first-person singular present indicative of goeden
  2. imperative of goeden

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

goed

  1. Soft mutation of coed.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
coed goed nghoed choed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate to Dutch goed, English good, German gut, Danish god.

Adjective

goed (inflected goede, comparative better, superlative bêst)

  1. good
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