Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d-der.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-eti
Proto-Germanic *getaną
Old Norse getabor.
Middle English geten
English get
From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”).
Meanings
(dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.
‘You were a high lord's get. Don't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man.’ 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 755:
You must admit that the bastard get of Paul Atreides would be no more than juicy morsels for those two [tigers]. 1976, Frank Herbert, Children of Dune:
At the time when I am making these observations, one of his colts is the first favourite for the Derby; and it will be recollected, that a filly of his get won the Oaks in 1808. 1810, Thomas Hornby Morland, The genealogy of the English race horse, page 71:
Lineage.
A difficult return or block of a shot.
(informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
I had reconnected with the lust of my life while landing a big get for the magazine. 2008, Karen Yampolsky, Falling Out of Fashion, page 73:
(Internet) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d-der.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-eti
Proto-Germanic *getaną
Old Norse getabor.
Middle English geten
English get
From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”).
Meanings
(ditransitive, transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
(transitive) To receive.
I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
He got a severe reprimand for that.
Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 175:
(in a perfect construction, transitive, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
"Yeah, and I got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you," was Peter's response to his wife. 2012, James Hibbitts, Joe Roberts, The Secret of Graveyard Hill, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 74:
I've got a concert ticket for you.
(transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
I need to get this to the office.
Get thee out from this land. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:13:
He[…]got himself[…]to the strong town of Mega. 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 634:
(copulative, followed by an adjective, qualifier:rather informal) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
November 1, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk
His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.
I'm going out to get drunk.
Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 175:
(transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
I can't get these boots off.
I can’t get my hands warm.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 6:
(transitive) To cause to do.
I can't get it working.
Get him to say his prayers. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 268:
Somehow she got him to agree to it.
I can’t get my kids to go to bed early.
I can't get it to work.
Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.” 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
(transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
Get thee behind me. 1881, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Retro me, Sathana !”, in Ballads and Sonnets, →OCLC, page 252:
I got him to his room.
(for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, intransitive, qualifier:such as into; over; or behind; get over; such as into; over; or behind; get over, usually, with various prepositions) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
The actors are getting into position.
When are we going to get to London?
We got behind the wall.
I'm getting into a muddle.
(transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
to get a mile
(catenative, intransitive) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
I'm getting to like him better now.
After lunch we got chatting.
We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
(transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston.
I normally get the 7:45 train.
(transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
(catenative, intransitive) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
Great. I get to clean the toilets today.
I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
(informal, transitive) To understand. (compare get it)
I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.
I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
(informal, transitive) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
Do you mind? Excuse me / I saw you over there / Can I just tell you ¶ Although there are millions of / Cephalophores that wander through this world / You've got something extra going on / I think you probably know ¶ You probably get that a lot / I'll bet that people say that a lot to you, girl. 2011, “You Probably Get That A Lot (Elegant Too Remix)”, in They Might Be Giants (music), Album Raises New and Troubling Questions:
(auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
Of particular importance is the bureaucratic organization of European judiciaries. The judiciary is a career. You start at the bottom and get assigned and promoted at the pleasure of your superiors. 2003, Richard A. Posner, Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy, page 95:
He got bitten by a dog.
(impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
You get some very rude people here.
You get non-binary people – you get people who don't identify as a man or a woman. 2021, 25:30 from the start, in No More Jockeys, season 4, episode 13, spoken by Mark Watson:
He thinks that proper to northern man is the cellular composition, you know, the kind of thing one gets in Celtic ornamentation, for example, which a subject that interests him greatly. 1964, Lawrence Alloway, “Cobra Group with Lawrence Alloway, 1964”, in Guggenheim Museum Archives Reel-to-Reel collection:
It was the kind of shop you used to get in most small towns.
It was a terrible place to live. You get places like that. It is just the way it is. 2023 October 27, Laine Priestley, Mary Williams, “Boarding house destroyed by fire”, in Star News:
(transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
I don't have the strength to get up and take another shot / And my best friend, my doctor, won't even say what it is I've got. 1965, “Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues”, in Highway 61 Revisited, performed by Bob Dylan:
I went on holiday and got malaria.
(informal, transitive) To catch out, trick successfully.
He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
(informal, transitive) To perplex, stump.
That question's really got me.
(transitive) To find as an answer.
What did you get for question four?
(informal, transitive) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
I'm gonna get him for that.
The cops finally got me.
(transitive) To hear completely; catch.
Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
(transitive) To getter.
I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
(archaic) To beget (of a father).
Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself / Upon thy wicked dam, come forth! 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face was to the wall for sure the night I got you. 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 310:
I had rather to adopt a child than get it. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 314:
(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
it being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty 1662, John Fell, The life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond, page 96:
to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson
(imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
Get her with her new hairdo.
Money's pouring in somewhere, because Churchgate's got lovely new stone setts, and a cultural quarter (ooh, get her) is promised. 2007, Tom Dyckhoff, Let's move to ..., The Guardian:
Brother, get her! Draped on a bedspread made from three kinds of fur! 1966, Dorothy Fields, “If My Friends Could See Me Now”:
(imperative, informal, intransitive) To go, to leave; to scram.
I had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn't no flashlight and I wasn't too curious, just then, to find out what would happen if he did more than wave it at me, so I got. I went back about twenty feet or so and watched. 1952, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Me and Flapjack and the Martians:
Get, now — get! — before I call an officer and lay a charge against ye. 1991, Theodore Dreiser, T. D. Nostwich, Newspaper Days, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 663:
"[…] and then I'll switch over to the police band to know when the bacon's getting ready to stick its nose in. When I tell you to get, you get, understand?" Calamity asks as she retapes the earbud into her ear. 2016, April Daniels, Dreadnought, Diversion Books, →ISBN:
'Go on, get. You look a state. We can't let Leo see you like that.' 2010, Sarah Webb, The Loving Kind, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
Now go on, get! Get! Get! (she chases Joanne out the door with the hammer.) 2012, Paul Zindel, Ladies at the Alamo, Graymalkin Media, →ISBN:
(euphemistic) To kill.
They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger
And he slashed up Dasher just like Freddy Krueger 1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day:
(intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 112:
de drankriegen (to perplex) · ja 至らせる (to cause to become) · pl otrzymać (to receive) · fi ymmärtää (colloquial: to understand) · ko 되다 (to become) · csm sun·u- (to obtain) · ka მიღება (to obtain) · ja 着る (to don) · zza esten (to doff) · grc αἱρέω (to obtain) · nl worden (to become) · de werden (to become) · es hacer volverse (to cause to become) · ru получа́ть (to receive) · fi käydä kimppuun (to physically assault) · km ទទួល (to become) · fr ramener (to fetch) · fi hakea (to fetch) · nl halen (to obtain) · de kriegen (to cause to become) · sk dostávať (to receive) · zza resayen (to arrive at) · es conciliar (to obtain) · sl prejeti (to receive) · zza ken (to don) · ja 得る (to receive) · fi ottaa puhelu (to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)) · pt ficar (to become) · ko 시작하다 (to begin) · izh saavva (to obtain) · nl aankomen (to arrive at) · zza gêren (to receive) · ru поразить (to perplex) · frr fu (to obtain) · ru достава́ть (to obtain) · es dársele (to become) · pt ter a chance de (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity) · de erwischen (to catch out) · cmn 得到 (to obtain) · ka მოტანა (to fetch) · sv få (to cause to become) · de drankriegen (to bring to reckoning) · fit saaja (to obtain) · be даста́ць (to obtain) · de bringen (to cause to do) · zza groten (to receive) · fi tulla (to become) · lv iegūt (to obtain) · fit saa'a (to obtain) · es captar (colloquial: to understand) · sv bli (colloquial: to be) · sga ad·cota (to obtain) · sv hämta (to fetch) · ca copsar (colloquial: to understand) · fi pukeutua (to don) · es corresponderle (to receive) · uk діста́ти (to obtain) · ca obtenir (to obtain) · ru прибы́ть (to arrive at) · pl złapać (to become ill with) · ja 〜となる (to become) · ar اِسْتَقْبَلَ (to receive) · ko 가져오다 (to fetch) · es hacer que (to cause to do) · be атры́мліваць (to receive) · ko 도착하다 (to arrive at) · bg пристигам (to arrive at) · sv kunna (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity) · fi saada (to obtain) · zza resen (to arrive at) · pt fazer (to cause to do) · gd bi (colloquial: to be) · it far diventare (to cause to become) · sv få (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity) · pt conseguir (to obtain) · be дастава́ць (to obtain) · ko 쓰다 (to don) · pt fazer tornar-se (to cause to become) · sv fånga (to bring to reckoning) · io aquirar (to receive) · fi noutaa (to fetch) · ja 貰う (to receive) · tr almak (to receive) · sv erhålla (to receive) · ja 入手する (to obtain) · lv kļūt (to become) · de fassen (to catch out) · cdo 掇 (to obtain) · de annehmen (to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)) · es ponerse (to adopt, assume (a position)) · fa بدست آوردن (to obtain) · ca esdevenir (to become) · lv dabūt (to receive) · ang dōn (to cause to do) · fa گرفتن (to receive) · bg получавам (to find as an answer) · sv få (to cause to do) · fi avata ovi (to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)) · ar أَصْبَحَ (to become) · pt entender (colloquial: to understand) · egy ini:n (to fetch) · zza peren (to take, catch (transportation)) · pt adquirir (to obtain) · sv komma (to arrive at) · vo getön (to obtain) · de mitbekommen (to hear completely) · pl kumać (colloquial: to understand) · es ponerse (to become) · sv ta på (to don) · fi kuulla hyvin (to hear completely) · sv motta (to receive) · fi pukea (to don) · de können (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity) · de finden (to find as an answer) · tl kunin (to fetch) · ru вруба́ться (colloquial: to understand) · nl maken (to cause to become) · sw pata (to obtain) · it mettere (to adopt, assume (a position)) · eo ricevi (to receive) · sv få (to find as an answer) · gd faigh (to receive) · ang weorþan (to become) · tl matanggap (to receive) · de kriegen (to receive) · ru сде́латься (to become) · is sækja (to fetch) · sv göra (to cause to become) · fr chercher (to fetch) · ang underfōn (to receive) · tr olmak (to become) · ka მოტყუება (to catch out) · ka მისვლა (to arrive at) · no bli (colloquial: to be) · ru подловить (to catch out) · fit sada (to obtain) · ko 타다 (to take, catch (transportation)) · nl krijgen (to receive) · uk дістава́ти (to obtain) · sv nå (to arrive at) · fa گرفتن (to obtain) · hi पाना (to obtain) · de machen (to cause to become) · ka მოპოვება (to obtain) · bn পাওয়া (to receive) · nl laten (to cause to do) · cmn 到達 /到达 (to arrive at) · sv få av (to doff) · io aquirar (to obtain) · de erwischen (to perplex) · fr arriver (to arrive at) · la nanciscor (to obtain) · dsb hyś pó (to fetch) · de mitkriegen (to hear completely) · ru доста́ть (to obtain) · hy դառնալ (to become) · pl dostać (to receive) · de eintreffen (to arrive at) · fi vastata puhelimeen (to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)) · ar اِسْتَلَمَ (to obtain) · de anfangen (to begin) · frr füünj (to receive) · ja 身に付ける (to don) · ast garrar (to take, catch (transportation)) · bg правя (to cause to become) · es tomar (to take, catch (transportation)) · de anschaffen (to obtain) · de herausbekommen (to find as an answer) · pt ouvir direito (to hear completely) · pt ficar (to adopt, assume (a position)) · pt pegar (to physically assault) · ang onġietan (colloquial: to understand) · ta கிடை (to obtain) · ja 至る (to arrive at) · grc κτάομαι (to obtain) · pt buscar (to fetch) · es granjear (to obtain) · gd fàs (to become) · de besorgen (to obtain) · sv ta av (to doff) · pt receber (to receive) · ga faigh (to receive) · ka მიღწევა (to arrive at) · nl doen (to cause to do) · it prendere (to obtain) · fr obtenir (to obtain) · fi höynäyttää (to catch out) · ka გაოცება (to perplex) · de werden (colloquial: to be) · sh primiti (to receive) · ru приноси́ть (to fetch) · ru добира́ться (to arrive at) · ca arribar (to arrive at) · da blive (to become) · de kriegen (to become ill with) · fr piger (colloquial: to understand) · lv tikt (to become) · de kriegen (to obtain) · pt pegar (to obtain) · sv mottaga (to receive) · la potior (to obtain) · pl namawiać (to cause to do) · sv ta emot (to receive) · ru добра́ться (to arrive at) · gd faigh (to obtain) · pl załapać (colloquial: to understand) · nl verkrijgen (to receive) · nl snappen (colloquial: to understand) · pl namówić (to cause to do) · es agarrar (to take, catch (transportation)) · la ruo (to become) · es recabar (to obtain) · tl makuha (to obtain) · bn পাওয়া (to obtain) · it essere (colloquial: to be) · la impetro (to obtain) · sa लभते (to obtain) · es ser (colloquial: to be) · ca convertir-se (to become) · sv börja (to begin) · bg получа́вам (to receive) · ro obține (to obtain) · ru вруби́ться (colloquial: to understand) · lv atvest (to fetch) · fi tajuta (colloquial: to understand) · bg донасям (to fetch) · fr atteindre (to arrive at) · sv anlända (to arrive at) · it diventare (to become) · mk станува (to become) · cmn 成 (to become) · ko 이르다 (to arrive at) · pt dar para alguém (to find as an answer) · fi vastaanottaa (to receive) · sw pata (to become) · es diñársele (to become) · ca clissar (colloquial: to understand) · ru получи́ть (to receive) · fr être (colloquial: to be) · syl ꠙꠣꠃꠣ (to receive) · ja 獲得する (to obtain) · lv atnest (to fetch) · zdj uparisa (to obtain) · sv uppfatta (to hear completely) · ru одурачить (to catch out) · nl halen (to fetch) · nl pakken (to obtain) · ru стать (to become) · ga faigh (to obtain) · no bli (to become) · vi nhận (to receive) · sv bli (to become ill with) · pt chegar em/a (to arrive at) · bxd ju⁵⁵ (to obtain) · pl łapać (colloquial: to understand) · eo havigi (to obtain) · zza qandê kerden (to cause to do) · eo fariĝi (to become) · zza xo dest finen (to obtain) · sw pata (colloquial: to understand) · ja 到達する (to arrive at) · el παίρνω (to receive) · fi saada (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity) · ka აღება (to receive) · fi asettua (to adopt, assume (a position)) · mk доаѓа (to arrive at) · my ခံ (to receive) · ro primi (to obtain) · sh добити (to obtain) · ko 얻다 (to obtain) · da få (to receive) · hu szerez (to obtain) · fr devenir (to become) · ja 脱ぐ (to doff) · pl czaić (colloquial: to understand) · sw pata (to receive) · sl dobiti (to obtain) · tr ele geçirmek (to obtain) · sw wahi (to become) · de bekommen (to become ill with) · ja 得る (to obtain) · la sum (colloquial: to be) · syl ꠙꠣꠃꠣ (to obtain) · vi được (to obtain) · ca aconseguir (to obtain) · sv höra (to hear completely) · ia obtener (to obtain) · es conseguir (to obtain) · de verstehen (to hear completely) · lv saņemt (to receive) · ca fer esdevenir (to cause to become) · pt pegar (to become ill with) · bg полу́ча (to receive) · cs dostat (to obtain) · ro primi (to receive) · sv få (to receive) · eo iĝi (to become) · zza keren (to don) · es asacar (to obtain) · gd tuig (colloquial: to understand) · pt sacar (colloquial: to understand) · pt arrumar (to obtain) · es quedar (to become) · zza biyayen (to cause to become) · es decírselo (mucho) (to be told; be the recipient of) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (to become) · km ទទួលបាន (to obtain) · ja 持ち帰る (to fetch) · sv ta (to take, catch (transportation)) · km ទទួលបាន (to receive) · pl zdobywać (to obtain) · as পোৱা (to obtain) · la consequor (to obtain) · pt obter (to obtain) · tl sumagot (to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)) · dsb jěś pó (to fetch) · sv fatta (colloquial: to understand) · pt captar (colloquial: to understand) · ang understandan (colloquial: to understand) · pl zdobyć (to obtain) · sga ad·cota (to receive) · te పొందు (to obtain) · ce эца (to obtain) · pt deixar pasmo (to perplex) · cmn 取 (to obtain) · pt tornar-se (to become) · cmn 取 (to fetch) · ka გახდომა (to become) · fi askarruttaa (to perplex) · sk priniesť (to fetch) · nl begrijpen (colloquial: to understand) · eo akiri (to obtain) · is fá (to obtain) · nl nemen (to obtain) · fi saada (to become ill with) · ca buscar (to fetch) · ja する (to cause to become) · ko 입다 (to don) · ko 받다 (to receive) · es volver (to cause to become) · fi napata (to bring to reckoning) · ru прибыва́ть (to arrive at) · nl nemen (to take, catch (transportation)) · ca ser (colloquial: to be) · sv få (to obtain) · frr fu (to receive) · grc τυγχάνω (to obtain) · sk dostať (to obtain) · la petō (to fetch) · es competerle (to receive) · de kriegen (to catch out) · ka მიტანა (to fetch) · sv begripa (colloquial: to understand) · grc δέχομαι (to receive) · es guipar (colloquial: to understand) · eo preni (to obtain) · ang weorþan (colloquial: to be) · de holen (to obtain) · de schnappen (to catch out) · it trasportare (to fetch) · ru принести́ (to fetch) · chr ᎠᏯᏂᎭ (to obtain) · fit saaha (to obtain) · sk dostať (to receive) · de erwischen (to obtain) · it ottenere (to obtain) · zza biyen (to become) · ja 〜になる (to become) · ja 履く (to don) · sh добивати (to obtain) · pt pegar (to bring to reckoning) · pt ser (colloquial: to be) · no få tak i (to obtain) · fi riisuuntua (to doff) · sh dobivati (to obtain) · pt pegar (to catch out) · cy cael (to obtain) · fi saapua (to arrive at) · ang dōn (to cause to become) · pl dostawać (to receive) · cmn 拿 (to obtain) · uk отри́мувати (to receive) · mr मिळवणे (to obtain) · lnj raec (to obtain) · ca fer convertir-se en (to cause to become) · ja 受ける (to receive) · de kriegen (to cause to do) · sv få (to bring to reckoning) · mk до́бива (to receive) · sv skaffa (to obtain) · pt atender (to respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)) · as পোৱা (to receive) · cs dostávat (to receive) · de schnallen (colloquial: to understand) · grc λαμβάνω (to obtain) · fr faire devenir (to cause to become) · da få fat i (to obtain) · de mitbringen (to fetch) · ta பெறு (to obtain) · ka გაცუცურაკება (to catch out) · ko 벗다 (to doff) · pt pegar (to take, catch (transportation)) · pl otrzymywać (to receive) · sq marr (to obtain) · uk оде́ржувати (to receive) · tr elde etmek (to obtain) · ru станови́ться (to become) · da modtage (to receive) · pt começar a (to begin) · de kapieren (colloquial: to understand) · mk зе́ма (to obtain) · de nehmen (to take, catch (transportation)) · pt ganhar (to receive) · bg схващам (colloquial: to understand) · sw wahi (to receive) · chr ᎠᎩᎠ (to obtain) · ja 手に入れる (to obtain) · pt ter a oportunidade de (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity) · la ago fieri (to cause to become) · lv dabūt (to obtain) · ang beġietan (to cause to do) · sv fatta (to hear completely) · fi saada (to receive) · sv få på (to don) · ru понима́ть (colloquial: to understand) · fy krije (to receive) · lv iegūt (to receive) · it ricevere (to receive) · ru поставить в тупик (to perplex) · no oppnå (to obtain) · de sich schnappen (to obtain) · tl maging (to become) · vi lấy (to obtain) · de herauskriegen (to find as an answer) · zza ancen (to betake) · hu lesz (to become) · tl maintindihan (colloquial: to understand) · vi nhận được (to receive) · sw wahi (to obtain) · ru поня́ть (colloquial: to understand) · sh dobiti (to obtain) · cmn 成為 /成为 (to become) · cmn 收到 (to receive) · fi riisua (to doff) · es pegársele (to become) · it divenire (to become) · de einnehmen (to adopt, assume (a position)) · chr ᎠᏱᎭ (to obtain) · tr anlamak (colloquial: to understand) · pt pegar (to fetch) · fi vaivata (to perplex) · no få (to receive) · de bekommen (to receive) · mk зе́ма (to fetch) · es tocarle (to receive) · ka აღება (to obtain) · pt deixar (to cause to become) · de ankommen (to arrive at) · ja 受け取る (to receive) · la recipio (to receive) · az tutmaq (colloquial: to understand) · sv emottaga (to receive) · ang beġietan (to obtain) · la fio (to become) · ko 알아듣다 (colloquial: to understand) · fi lähteä (to betake) · zza kewten (to begin) · be атрыма́ць (to receive) · fi ottaa (to take, catch (transportation)) · zza hesıbnayen (to adopt, assume (a position)) · fi saada (to find as an answer) · fr capter (colloquial: to understand) · frr füünj (to obtain) · es pillar (colloquial: to understand) · de holen (to fetch) · sw pata (colloquial: to be) · nl worden (colloquial: to be) · fr recevoir (to receive) · ca rebre (to receive) · pl dorwać (to physically assault) · la assequor (to obtain) · ko 도달하다 (to arrive at) · mk сфаќа (colloquial: to understand) · bg доби́вам (to obtain) · ang lǣtan (to cause to do) · no forstå (colloquial: to understand) · th รับ (to receive) · ru провести (to catch out) · no fatte (colloquial: to understand) · tl dumating (to arrive at) · cmn 获得 (to obtain) · sv bli (to become) · sw wahi (colloquial: to be) · bg хващам (to take, catch (transportation)) · da forstå (colloquial: to understand) · no motta (to receive) · zza serwer kerden (to doff) · cmn 接到 (to receive) · sv haja (colloquial: to understand) · pt poder (to be able to, be permitted, have opportunity)
(Ireland, UK, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
Kylie: Oi, Bono! You lazy get! Have you finished my song yet? 1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Is It Rock Art Or Is It Nart?”, in New Musical Express:
Etymology tree
Sumerian 𒁍der.
Sumerian 𒁍𒁕bor.
Akkadian 𒁍𒁕der.?
Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ)der.
English get
From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ).
Meanings
(Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
In Israel, rabbinic courts can imprison men until they acquiesce and grant gets to their wives. 2013, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, George D. Chryssides, Dawoud El-Alami, Love, Sex and Marriage, page 143: