Vocabulary of Gothic

Nouns, definite articles, plurals
Adjectives: masculine, feminine, neuter
Numerals: masculine, feminine, neuter

1.    mother           aiþei, sō aiþei, aiþeins
2.    father           atta, sa atta, attans
3.    sister           swistar, sō swistar, swistrjus
4.    brother           brōþar, sa brōþar, brōþrjus
5.    daughter           dauhtar, sō dauhtar, dauhtrjus
6.    son           sunus, sa sunus, sunjus


1.    water           watō, þata watō
2.    fire           fōn, þata fōn
3.    sun           sauil, þata sauil
4.    moon           mēna, sa mēna
5.    wind           winds, sa winds, windōs
6.    rain           rign, þata rign


1.    one           ains, aina, ain
2.    two           twai, twōs, twa
3.    three           þreis, þreis, þrija
4.    four           fidwōr
5.    five           fimf
6.    six           saihs


Hlaif unsarana þana sinteinan gif uns himma daga.

Give us today our daily bread.
The Bible, Matthew, 6, 11

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1.    cat          
2.    dog           hunds, sa hunds, hundōs
3.    horse          
4.    cow          
5.    fish           fisks, sa fisks, fiskōs
6.    bird           fugls, sa fugls, fuglōs
7.    tree           bagms, sa bagms, bagmōs
8.    flower           blōma, sa blōma, blōmans


Anastodeins aiwaggeljons Iesuis Xristaus sunaus Guþs.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Bible, Mark, 1,1

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1.    white           hweits, hweita, hweit
2.    black           swarts, swarta, swart
3.    red           rauþs, rauþa, rauþ
4.    green          
5.    yellow          
6.    blue          
7.    grey          
8.    brown          


Jah swaswe wileid ei taujaina izwis mans, jah jus taujaid im samaleiko.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.
The Bible, Luke, 6,31

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9. Atta unsar þu in himinam: weihnai namo þein.
10. Qimai þiudinassus þeins. Wairþai wilja þeins, swe in himina jah ana airþai.
11. Hlaif unsarana þana sinteinan gif uns himma daga.
12. Jah aflet uns þatei skulans sijaima, swaswe jah weis afletam þaim skulam unsaraim.
13. Jah ni briggais uns in fraistubnjai, ak lausei uns af þamma ubilin.
The Bible, Matthew 6, 9-13 (The Lord's Prayer)

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