Goethe

Goethe

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Goethe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɡɜː.tə/, (after German) /ˈɡø.tə/
    • (Chicago) IPA(key): [ˈɡɚɾə]
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Goe‧the

    Proper noun

    Goethe

    1. A surname from German.
      Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Further reading

    • Goethe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

    German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈɡøː.tə/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
      • Rhymes: -øːtə
      • Hyphenation: Goe‧the

      Proper noun

      Goethe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Goethes or (with an article) Goethe, feminine genitive Goethe, plural Goethes or Goethe)

      1. a surname, equivalent to English Goethe, notably of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

      Polish

      Alternative forms

      • Gete (now proscribed)

      Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from German Goethe.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.tɛ/
        • Rhymes: -ɛtɛ
        • Syllabification: Goe‧the

        Proper noun

        Goethe m pers (indeclinable)

        1. a male surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe
          Johann Wolfgang Goethe: niemiecki pisarz, artysta, przyrodnik, polityk (1749–1832)
          Johann Wolfgang Goethe: German writer, artist, naturalist, politician (1749–1832)

        Declension

        or

        Indeclinable.

        Derived terms

        adjectives
        • goethowski

        Proper noun

        Goethe f (indeclinable)

        1. a female surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe

        Further reading

        • Goethe”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)
        • Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “Goethe”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[2], 4. online edition, Warszawa

        Portuguese

        Etymology

          Borrowed from German Goethe.

          Pronunciation

           

          • Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi
          • Hyphenation: Goe‧the

          Proper noun

          Goethe m

          1. a surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe
            Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer

          Slovak

          Etymology

            Borrowed from German Goethe.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ɡøte/, [ˈɡøte]
            • Rhymes: -øte
            • IPA(key): /ɡeːte/, [ˈɡeːte]
            • Rhymes: -eːte
            • Hyphenation: Goe‧the

            Proper noun

            Goethe m pers (relational adjective goetheovský)

            1. a surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe.
              Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer

            Declension

            Declension of Goethe
            (pattern kuli)
            singularplural 1plural 2
            nominativeGoetheGoetheoviaGoetheovci
            genitiveGoethehoGoetheovGoetheovcov
            dativeGoethemuGoetheomGoetheovcom
            accusativeGoethehoGoetheovGoetheovcov
            locativeGoethemGoetheochGoetheovcoch
            instrumentalGoethemGoetheamiGoetheovcami

            Further reading

            • Goethe”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

            Spanish

            Etymology

              Borrowed from German Goethe.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /ˈɡete/ [ˈɡe.t̪e]
              • Rhymes: -ete
              • Syllabification: Goe‧the

              Proper noun

              Goethe m

              1. a surname from German, equivalent to English Goethe
                Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer