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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Goths

Swedish translation:

goter

Added to glossary by Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
Nov 24, 2003 17:53
22 yrs ago
English term

Goths

Non-PRO English to Swedish Other History history
mediaeval Scandinavian tribe
Proposed translations (Swedish)
4 +12 goter
5 +1 goter
3 +1 göter

Proposed translations

+12
12 mins
Selected

goter

But I think they were a germanic tribe.
Peer comment(s):

agree Anette Herbert
5 mins
agree CCW
32 mins
agree Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X) : Nog är vi tyskar från början. Men våra förfäder måste varit "dumma". Tänk bara att ge sig av från varmare länder för att bosätta sig här bland is och snö :-(
50 mins
agree Mario Marcolin : Variants like Got, Gut, Jut appear all over Germanic territory, pointing to a common ancestry very far back cf http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/art198e.pdf
1 hr
agree jenjen (X)
1 hr
agree Nina Engberg
1 hr
agree Will Matter : with MM, Jutland etc.
3 hrs
agree Mattias Kar�n
4 hrs
agree EKM
6 hrs
agree Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
16 hrs
agree Henrik Brameus
18 hrs
agree JessicaC
1 day 23 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tack sa mycket - thanks to all."
+1
17 mins

goter

is their Swedish name
Peer comment(s):

agree Will Matter
3 hrs
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+1
15 hrs

göter

Just a thought... Is the asker talking about Goths as a whole, or about göter, as in svear and göter? Although göter should be translated as Geats it could very well be the case, depending on the timeframe and the geographical location for these particular Goths...
Peer comment(s):

agree Henrik Brameus : It's a possibility
2 hrs
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