B1noun · countable / uncountable · common

goodness

goodness · goodnesses

добро

добро, доброта, добродетель

Güte, Integrität, Tugend, Herzensgüte

The state or characteristic of being goodThe state or characteristic of being good.

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/ˈɡʊdnəs/

» Thank goodness Tom had health insurance.

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Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable)The state or characteristic of being good.
Güte, Gütigkeit, Herzensgüte
доброта́dobrotá
(countable)The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
добро́dobró
(euphemistic, uncountable)God.
Thank goodness that the war is over!
(countable, uncountable)The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
доброде́тельdobrodételʹ
moral excellence or admirableness

Examples

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Thank goodness Tom had health insurance.
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Thank goodness you didn't do that.
deDem Himmel sei Dank, dass du das nicht gemacht hast! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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For goodness' sake, please be nice to Tom.
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We were able to get out safely, thank goodness.
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Tom did it out of the goodness of his heart.
ruТом сделал это по доброте душевной. — sharptoothed
deTom tat es aus reiner Herzensgüte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

state or characteristic of being good:

good part or content of something:

Christianity: moral virtue:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

state or characteristic of being good:

Origin

From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindn

From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).

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