goth

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From gothic rock, first used by John Stickney in reference to The Doors in 1967 and used by the late 1970s to describe the musical scene that gave rise to the goth subculture, both from a supposed aesthetic similarity to dark and moody 19th century gothic fiction and earlier gothic art and architecture, from Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta).

From 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.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: gòtic — relating to this music or these people
• Dutch: gothic — relating to this music or these people
• Finnish: gootti — relating to this music or these people
• Finnish: gootti- — relating to this music or these people
• French: gothique — relating to this music or these people
• Marathi: गॉथ (gŏth) — relating to this music or these people
• Czech: gotické hnutí — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Danish: goth — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Dutch: gothic — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Finnish: gootit — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• French: gothique — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Japanese: ゴシック (goshikku) — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Japanese: ゴス (gosu) — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Marathi: गॉथ (gŏth) — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Russian: гот (got) — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Russian: готка (gotka) — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Spanish: gótico — punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black
• Czech: gothic rock — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Czech: gotický rock — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Danish: goth — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Dutch: gothic — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Finnish: goottimusiikki — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• French: gothique — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Marathi: गॉथ (gŏth) — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Russian: готи́ческая му́зыка (gotíčeskaja múzyka) — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Spanish: gótico — style of bleak rock music; gothic rock
• Armenian: գոթ (gotʻ) — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Catalan: gòtic — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Czech: goth — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Danish: goth — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Dutch: gothic — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Finnish: gootti — person who is part of the goth subculture
• German: Grufti — person who is part of the goth subculture
• German: Schwarzer — person who is part of the goth subculture
• German: Goth — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Japanese: ゴス (gosu) — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Marathi: गॉथ (gŏth) — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Polish: got — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Polish: gotka — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Portuguese: gótico — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Portuguese: gótica — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Russian: гот (got) — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Serbo-Croatian: готичар — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Serbo-Croatian: готичарка — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Serbo-Croatian: gotičar — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Serbo-Croatian: gotičarka — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Spanish: gótico — person who is part of the goth subculture
• Arabic: قُوطِيّ (qūṭiyy) — member of the East Germanic people
• Arabic: قُوط (qūṭ) — member of the East Germanic people
• Arabic: قوطي (gōṭi) — member of the East Germanic people
• Armenian: գոթ (gotʻ) — member of the East Germanic people
• Old Armenian: գութք (gutʻkʻ) — member of the East Germanic people
• Catalan: got — member of the East Germanic people
• Catalan: goda — member of the East Germanic people
• Chinese Mandarin: 哥特人 (Gētèrén) — member of the East Germanic people
• Danish: goter — member of the East Germanic people
• Dutch: Goot — member of the East Germanic people
• Esperanto: goto — member of the East Germanic people
• Esperanto: gotino — member of the East Germanic people
• Faroese: goti — member of the East Germanic people
• Finnish: gootti — member of the East Germanic people
• French: Goth — member of the East Germanic people
• French: Gothe — member of the East Germanic people
• German: Gote — member of the East Germanic people
• German: Gotin — member of the East Germanic people
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 — member of the East Germanic people
• Gothic: ᚷᚢᛏᚨᚾᛁ (gutani) — member of the East Germanic people
• Greek: Γότθος (Gótthos) — member of the East Germanic people
• Ancient Greek: Γότθος (Gótthos) — member of the East Germanic people
• Hungarian: gót — member of the East Germanic people
• Ido: Goto — member of the East Germanic people
• Irish: Gotach — member of the East Germanic people
• Italian: goto — member of the East Germanic people
• Japanese: ゴート人 (Gōto-jin) — member of the East Germanic people
• Korean: 고트인 (Goteu'in) — member of the East Germanic people
• Latin: Gothus — member of the East Germanic people
• Lithuanian: gotas — member of the East Germanic people
• Lithuanian: gotė — member of the East Germanic people
• Macedonian: Гот — member of the East Germanic people
• Macedonian: Готка (Gotka) — member of the East Germanic people
• Norwegian Bokmål: goter — member of the East Germanic people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gotar — member of the East Germanic people
• Occitan: gòt — member of the East Germanic people
• Old English: Gota — member of the East Germanic people
• Polish: Got — member of the East Germanic people
• Polish: Gotka — member of the East Germanic people
• Portuguese: godo — member of the East Germanic people
• Portuguese: gótico — member of the East Germanic people
• Russian: гот (got) — member of the East Germanic people
• Samogitian: guots — member of the East Germanic people
• Samogitian: guotė — member of the East Germanic people
• Spanish: godo — member of the East Germanic people
• Swedish: got — member of the East Germanic people
• Tagalog: Godo — member of the East Germanic people
• Turkish: Got — member of the East Germanic people
• Volapük: gotan — member of the East Germanic people