Etymology

Abbreviation ofCategory:Translingual abbreviations#GUT EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#GUT Guatuso.

Symbol

gutCategory:Translingual lemmas#GUTCategory:Translingual symbols#GUTCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#GUTCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Maléku Jaíka.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Maléku Jaíka terms

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#GUTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#GUT gut, gutte, gotte, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#GUTCategory:English terms derived from Old English#GUT gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#GUT *gut-, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GUT *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote.

The verb is from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#GUTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#GUT gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌt/Category:English 1-syllable words#GUTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

• Audio (US, Inland Northern American):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#GUT
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ɡʊt/Category:English 1-syllable words#GUTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT
• Rhymes: -ʌtCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌt#GUTCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌt/1 syllable#GUT

Noun

gut (countable and uncountable, plural guts)Category:English lemmas#GUTCategory:English nouns#GUTCategory:English uncountable nouns#GUTCategory:English countable nouns#GUTCategory:English countable nouns#GUTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
2. (informalCategory:English informal terms#GUT) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.

   You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

3. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#GUT) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
4. A person's emotional, visceral self.

   I have a funny feeling in my gut.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

5. (informalCategory:English informal terms#GUT) A class that is not demanding or challenging.

   You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

6. A narrow passage of water.

   Coordinate term: gat

   the Gut of CansoCategory:English terms with usage examples#GUT

   • 1887 March 21, Rudyard Kipling, “Kidnapped”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, page 111:

     There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken any way you please, is bad, / And strands them in forsaken guts and creeks / No decent soul would think of visiting.

     Category:English terms with quotations#GUT

7. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

Verb

gut (third-person singular simple present guts, present participle gutting, simple past and past participle gutted)Category:English lemmas#GUTCategory:English verbs#GUTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GUT) To eviscerate.

   Holonym: field dressCategory:English links with manual fragments#GUT

   Coordinate terms: boneCategory:English links with manual fragments#GUT, skinCategory:English links with manual fragments#GUT

   The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

   The lioness gutted her prey.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GUT) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

   Fire gutted the building.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

   Congress gutted the welfare bill.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

   • 1982 July 20, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458, deHavilland DHC-6-100, N127PM, Near Providence, Rhode Island, February 21, 1982‎, archived from the original on 3 April 2024, page 4:

     The fuselage came to rest 522 feet from the initial impact point on a magnetic heading of 175 degrees. The complete fuselage from the nose section, including the nose gear section, aft to the empennage, was extensively burned and gutted by fire. The cabin area, which consisted of only the lower fuselage, was melted and the metal was visible in the ice.

     Category:English terms with quotations#GUT

3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GUT) To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).

   They were gutted by the court's decision.Category:English terms with usage examples#GUT

   • 2016 October 4, Danielle Pearl, In Ruins, Forever, →ISBN:

     It's no worse than what he said in Miami, but hearing him repeat it, attribute it to my father...it guts me. “That's who your family is. Who you are. Stangers—Stanleys, whatever your fucking names are,” he spits.

     Category:English terms with quotations#GUT

   • 2017 October 4, Angela Quarles, Earning It: A Romantic Comedy, Unsealed Room Press, →ISBN:

     What's bothering me is that I'd felt more for him than I realized, and it guts me that it's over before it can really get going.

     Category:English terms with quotations#GUT

Adjective

gut (comparative more gut, superlative most gut)Category:English lemmas#GUTCategory:English adjectives#GUTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. Made of gut.

   a violin with gut stringsCategory:English terms with usage examples#GUT

2. Instinctive.

   gut reactionCategory:English terms with usage examples#GUT

Anagrams

• UTG, tug

Alternative forms

• got (northern Moselle Franconian)
• jot (Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Old High GermanCategory:Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German#GUT guod, northern variant of guot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːt/Category:Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

Adjective

gut (masculine gude, feminine gut, comparative besser, superlative et beste)Category:Central Franconian lemmas#GUTCategory:Central Franconian adjectives#GUTCategory:Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. (southern Moselle FranconianCategory:Moselle Franconian#GUT) good

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡut/, [ɡ̊ud̥]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

Etymology 1

From NorwegianCategory:Danish terms derived from Norwegian#GUT gutt.

Etymology 2

From EnglishCategory:Danish terms derived from English#GUT gut.

Etymology

A minced oath from God.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣʏt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#GUT
• Rhymes: -ʏtCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ʏt#GUTCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ʏt/1 syllable#GUT

Interjection

gutCategory:Dutch lemmas#GUTCategory:Dutch interjections#GUTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. gee

   Synonym: goh

   Gut, daar heb ik nooit zo over nagedacht. ― Gee, I never thought of it that way.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#GUT

Alternative forms

• gůt (Early New High German)
• gud (Low German)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#GUTCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#GUT guot, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#GUTCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#GUT guot, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#GUTCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#GUT *gōd, from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#GUTCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#GUT *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GUT *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːt/ (standard)Category:German 1-syllable words#GUTCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

• Audio (Germany):

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  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#GUT

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#GUT

• Audio (Austria):

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  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#GUT
• IPA^(key): /ɡʊt/ (colloquial, chiefly for the interjection)Category:German 1-syllable words#GUTCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT
• IPA^(key): /juːt/ (colloquial, regional)Category:German 1-syllable words#GUTCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT
• Rhymes: -uːtCategory:Rhymes:German/uːt#GUTCategory:Rhymes:German/uːt/1 syllable#GUT

Adjective

gut (strong nominative masculine singular guter, comparative besser, superlative am besten)Category:German lemmas#GUTCategory:German adjectives#GUTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)

   Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen.

   We must be good to feel good.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

2. good (effective; useful)

   ein guter Plan

   a sound plan

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

3. good (fortunate)

   Der hat's gut.

   That guy's well off.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

4. good (having a particularly pleasant taste)

   Mmmh, das schmeckt gut.

   Yum, that's tasty.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

5. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory)

   Ist schon gut.

   That's enough.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

6. good (full; entire; at least as much as)

   Eine gute Stunde

   At least an hour

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

Adverb

gut (comparative besser, superlative am besten)Category:German lemmas#GUTCategory:German adverbs#GUTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily)

   Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt.

   The team played well.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

2. a little more than (with measurements)

   Antonym: knapp

   Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin.

   I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

   Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang.

   The bed is a little over two meters long.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

3. easily, likely

   Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden.

   That item is easily found.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

   Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist.

   You may well be married next year.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

Interjection

gutCategory:German lemmas#GUTCategory:German interjections#GUTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. okay, all right, now then

   Gut, dann fangen wir mal an.

   All right, then let's get started.

   Category:German terms with usage examples#GUT

Further reading

• “gut” in Duden online
• “gut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “gut”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎ (in German)
• “gut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Noun

gutCategory:Middle English alternative forms#GUTCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. alternative form of gutte

Etymology

Possibly from DutchCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Dutch#GUTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Dutch#GUT guit (“troublemaker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʉːt/Category:Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

Noun

gut m (definite singular guten, indefinite plural gutar, definite plural gutane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#GUTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#GUTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. a boy (young male)

See also

• gutt (Bokmål)

References

“gut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Middle High GermanCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German#GUTCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German#GUT and Old High GermanCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German#GUTCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German#GUT guot. Compare German gut, Dutch goed, English good.

Adjective

gut (comparative besser, superlative bescht)Category:Pennsylvania German lemmas#GUTCategory:Pennsylvania German adjectives#GUTCategory:Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. good
2. kind

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Polabian terms borrowed from German#GUTCategory:Polabian terms derived from German#GUT gut.

Adverb

gutCategory:Polabian lemmas#GUTCategory:Polabian adverbs#GUTCategory:Polabian entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. well

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1971), “gut”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 189
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “gut”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 359

Noun

gut mCategory:Romansh lemmas#GUTCategory:Romansh nouns#GUTCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Romansh masculine nouns#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT (plural guts)

1. drop

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Tok Pisin terms derived from English#GUT good.

Adverb

gutCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#GUTCategory:Tok Pisin adverbs#GUTCategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. well

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɨ̞t/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɪt/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#GUT

Noun

gutCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#GUTCategory:Welsh mutated nouns#GUTCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#GUTCategory:Pages with entries#GUTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#GUT

1. soft mutation of cutCategory:Welsh soft-mutation forms#CUT

Mutation