# der Götze

der Götze is a German noun meaning “idol”. Forms: des Götzen, die Götzen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Götzen
- Plural: die Götzen

## In other languages

- Русский: идол, истукан, кумир
- Українська: ідол

## Noun

1. idol
2. _archaic_ any 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?")
3. _archaic_ fool
   - 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")

## Proper name

1. _surname_ a common surname originating as an occupation

## Examples

- Deren Götze ist der Mammon. — Their idol is money.
- Er ist ein Götze. — He is a tin god.
- Du hast Götzen angebetet. — You worshipped idols.
- Ihr habt Götzen angebetet. — You worshipped idols.

## Related words

- Synonym: Abgott

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