Meanings
idol
archaicany image; a mask, a mummer
1521 was wollt yhr, götzen und larven des bapsts, da widder sagen Luther (8, 496) ("what will you, the pope's götzen and masks, answer to this?")
archaicfool
1494 wer jn sich selbst vertruwen setz / der ist eyn narr vnd doreht goetz (Sebastian Brant, Ship of Fools) ("whoso in himself does trust / he is a fool and fatuous götz")
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Proper name
surnamea common surname originating as an occupation
Examples
GermanEnglish
Deren Götze ist der Mammon.Their idol is money.
Er ist ein Götze.He is a tin god.