Goth
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.
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editNoun
editGoth (countable and uncountable, plural Goths)
- 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.
- (figuratively) Uncivilized person, barbarian, vandal.
- Alternative form of goth (“member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself”).
- 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.
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editmember of the East Germanic people
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Adjective
editGoth (comparative more Goth, superlative most Goth)
- Alternative form of goth
- 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
editGoth (plural Goths)
- A surname
French
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editNoun
editGoth m (plural Goths, feminine Gothe)
- a Goth (member of East Germanic people)
Related terms
edit- goth (adjective)
German
editEtymology
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editNoun
editGoth m or f (strong, genitive Goths or Goth, plural Goths)
- goth (member of goth subculture)
- Synonym: Grufti
- 2015 October 22, Jan Freitag, “Das Posemuckel? Nie gehört!”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2023 March 10, Oliver Tepel, “Soloalbum von Hans Nieswandt: Blumen des Guten”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Goth [masculine // feminine, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Goth” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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