guet

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-.

Cognate with German gut, Dutch goed, English good, Icelandic góður, Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuət/

Adjective

guet (comparative besser, superlative bescht)

  1. good
    • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:
      Nu, d' Bäsi ist ä gueti Frau.
      Now, the auntie is a good woman.
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Isch ä guete Fründ vo mir.
      He's a good friend of mine.

Declension

Declension of guet
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative
+ accusative
weak guet guet(i) guet(e) guete
strong guete gueti guets gueti
dative weak guete guete
strong guetem gueter guetem

Mixed paradigms occur after the indefinite article and certain other determiners, but the details vary.

Other forms - Voralberg:

Strong masc. sg. nom.: gueta
Strong masc. sg. acc.: gueta
Strong fem. sg. nom. & acc.: guet'
Mixed masc. sg. nom.: gueta
  • Guets/Guet's n

French

Etymology

Deverbal from guetter, or masculine form of guette. Compare the original Old French gué.

Pronunciation

Noun

guet m (plural guets)

  1. lookout
    Synonym: aguet
  2. (military, historical) watch

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

guet n (uncountable)

  1. pig squeal

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative guet guetul
genitive-dative guet guetului
vocative guetule

References

  • guet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN