From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (compare Old English ġietan, Old High German pigezzan (“to uphold”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to find, discover”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize”). Cognate with Latin prehendō.
get (third-person singular simple present gets, present participle getting, simple past got or (archaic) gat, past participle got or (American, Canadian, Irish, Northern English, Scottish, archaic) gotten)
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get + inanimate object | to receive, to obtain, to take |
have got + inanimate object | to have |
get + person | to understand or to catch |
get + concept | to understand |
get + adjective | to become |
get + person + adjective | to cause to become |
get + location adverb | to arrive |
get + to + location | |
get + to + verb | to be able to |
get + person + to + verb | to cause to do |
get + verb + -ing | to begin doing |
get + verb + -ed/-en | to be (passive voice) |
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get (plural gets)
Variant of git.
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From Middle Dutch iewet, iet. The diphthong /ie̯/ developed into /je/ word-initially, as it did in High German, and the onset was then enclitically hardened to ⟨g⟩ (/ʝ/). Cognate with Dutch iets, Central Franconian jet, northern Luxembourgish jett, gett, English aught.
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From a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs).
get (uncountable)
From geta.
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From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits.
gēt f
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gēt | gētin | gēter | gētrina(r), -rena(r) |
accusative | gēt | gētina, -ena | gēter | gētrina(r), -rena(r) |
dative | gēt | gētinni, -inne | gētum, -om | gētumin, -omen |
genitive | gēta(r) | gētinna(r) | gēta | gētanna |
From French Gétes, Latin Getae, from Ancient Greek.
get m (plural geți, feminine equivalent getă)
From Old Swedish gēt, from Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd- (“goat”).
get c
Declension of get | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | get | geten | getter | getterna |
Genitive | gets | getens | getters | getternas |