Afrikaans

Adjective

goed ‎(attributive goeie, comparative beter, superlative beste)

1. good

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ut
• IPA^(key): /ɣut/

Etymology

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

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

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

Antonyms

• fout
• slecht
• verkeerd

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: goed

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

• slecht

Noun

goed n ‎(plural goederen, diminutive goedje n)

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

Synonyms

• (goods): waren
• (manor): landgoed, hof

Derived terms

• landgoed

Verb

goed

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

Welsh

Noun

goed

1. Soft mutation of coed.

Mutation

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