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Goth
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goth goð goþ Goth. góð
Translingual
Etymology
mul en:Gothic,fr:gothique.
Symbol
Gothic alphabet Gothic
English
Alternative forms
en goth rare
Etymology
From en enm Gothes, enm Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from en ang Gotan, singular ang Gota, and partly from en la-lat Gothi. Ultimately from en gem-pro *gutô, perhaps from gem-pro *geutaną to pour. Compare non Goti Gotlander, Goth, and related also to en Gutnish, en Gotland.
Pronunciation
en /ɡɒθ/ RP,SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Goth.wav Southern England
en /ɡɑθ/ US,Atlantic Canada
en /ɡɒθ/ CA,Boston,Maine
en /ɡɔθ/ AU
en /ɡɒθ/ [ɡɞ̠θ] ~ [ɡɔ̟θ] NZ
en ɒθ 1
Noun
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en Germanic tribes A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.
en figuratively An uncivilized person, a barbarian, a vandal.
en goth member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself.
en 2007 Raven Digitalis Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.
Derived terms
en Welwitschia Goth Gothish Gothism Gothlike Gothic
Related terms
en Geat goth Gotlander Gutan Gutnish Guton Ostrogoth Visigoth
Translations
member of the East Germanic people
Arabic: ar قُوطِيّ m, (collective) ar قُوط m
Hijazi Arabic: acw قوطي m gōṭi
Armenian: hy գոթ
Old Armenian: xcl գութք p
Catalan: ca got m, ca goda f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 哥特人 Gētèrén
Danish: da goter c
Dutch: nl Goot m
Esperanto: eo goto, eo gotino female
Faroese: fo goti m
Finnish: fi gootti
French: fr Goth m, fr Gothe f
German: de Gote m, de Gotin f
Gothic: got *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 m, got ᚷᚢᛏᚨᚾᛁ gutani m genitive plural
Greek: el Γότθος m
Ancient Greek: grc Γότθος m
Hungarian: hu gót
Ido: io Goto
Irish: ga Gotach m
Italian: it goto m
Japanese: ja ゴート人 Gōto-jin
Korean: ko ^고트인
Latin: la Gothus m
Lithuanian: lt gotas m, lt gotė f
Macedonian: mk Гот m, mk Готка f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb goter m
Nynorsk: nn gotar m
Occitan: oc gòt
Old English: ang Gota m
Polish: pl Got m, pl Gotka f
Portuguese: pt godo m, pt gótico m
Russian: ru гот m
Samogitian: sgs guots m, sgs guotė f
Spanish: es godo m
Swedish: sv got c
Tagalog: tl Godo
Turkish: tr Got
Volapük: vo gotan
Adjective
en goth.
en 2003 Mercedes Lackey; Rosemary Edghill; James P. Baen Mad Maudlin Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots.
Proper noun
s
en
French
Pronunciation
got Belgium gŏt
Noun
m Gothe
a en Goth member of East Germanic people
Derived terms
fr gothique * gothiciser ** gothicisation * gothicité * gothiquement * tardo-gothique
Related terms
fr goth<pos:adjective> Ostrogoth Wisigoth
German
Etymology
de :bor en:goth
de en goth.
Pronunciation
de /ɡɔs/ /ɡɔf/ /ɡɔθ/
Noun
m:f,(s),s
goth member of goth subculture
de Grufti
de 2015-10-22 Die Zeit Das Posemuckel? Nie gehört! Jan Freitag https://www.zeit.de/hamburg/kultur/2015-09/posemuckl-hamburg-club-mausoleum Es gab die ersten Technokeller, die letzten Rockschuppen, die lässigen Discos am Übergang. Es gab Läden für Goths oder Popper, Hippies und Punker, Soul-Kids oder Rocker. https://web.archive.org/web/20250126074710/https://www.zeit.de/hamburg/kultur/2015-09/posemuckl-hamburg-club-mausoleum 26 January 2025
de Oliver Tepel Soloalbum von Hans Nieswandt: Blumen des Guten Die Tageszeitung: taz 2023-03-10 https://taz.de/!5919856/ 0931-9085 Im bereits erwähnten Jahr des Wandels, 1986, präsentierten just die nun auch dem Postpunk-Gestrigen anheimfallenden gymnasialen Goths des britischen Labels 4AD auf dem zweiten Album von This Mortal Coil elegische Versionen wenig bekannter Hippie-Songs.
Declension
m:f,(s),s
Further reading