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Go

German, noun/ɡoː/

Go is spelled G-O (2 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Go is a German neuter noun meaning “go (board game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Strategisches Brettspiel aus Ostasien”.

What does Go mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutergo (board game)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Strategisches Brettspiel aus Ostasien

abbreviation: 1. Geschäftsordnung

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Go

  • Gos genitive singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Go?

  • /ɡoː/
  • [ɡoː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Go in German?

Go appears 26 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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