Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "year" in Russian

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год

Meaning: year

Pronunciation: [goht]

Part of speech: noun (masculine noun)

Rank: #50 (see frequency list)

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Example sentences:

Ка́ждый год мы е́здим в о́тпуск.
We go on vacation every year.
Андре́ю испо́лнился 21 год.
Andrey turned 21 years old.
literal [To] Andrey fulfilled 21 year.
Оди́н год состои́т из 365 дней.
One year consists of 365 days.
В високо́сном году́ 366 дней.
There are 366 days in a leap year.
Уче́бный год начина́ется в сентябре́.
The academic year starts in September.
С Но́вым го́дом!
Happy New Year!
literal [I congratulate] with New Year!
В Ри́о-де-Жане́йро со́лнце све́тит почти́ кру́глый год.
In Rio de Janeiro, the sun shines almost the whole year round.
Наступи́л 2008-й год.
The year 2008 has started.
literal Came 2008th year.
Он зако́нчит институ́т че́рез три го́да.
He will graduate in three years.
literal He will finish an institute in three years.
Где вы рабо́тали в про́шлом году́?
Where did you work last year?
Я роди́лся в 1990 году́.
I was born in 1990. (said by male)
literal I was born in 1990th year.
Мой брат старше меня́ на два го́да.
My brother is two years older than me.
literal My brother [is] older [than] me by two years.

Idioms and set expressions:

круглый год = the whole year round
literal round year
Новый год = New Year
C Новым годом! = Happy New Year!
literal [I congratulate] with New Year!
из года в год = year in, year out; year after year
literal from year to year
в годах = middle-aged, advanced in years
literal in years
не по годам = beyond one's years
literal not by years
без году неделя = just recently, the other day
literal without [a] year [a] week
текущий год = current year
солнечный год = solar year
неурожайный год = year of bad harvest
три года тому назад = three years ago
в прошлом году = last year
уда́чный год = good year
literal successful year

Proverbs and sayings:

Час упустишь, годом не наверстаешь.
Time doesn't wait.
literal Miss one hour, and you won't make it up with one year.
Годы берут свое.
Old age tells.
literal Years take [their] own.
День практики стоит года теории.
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.
literal A day of practice is worth a year of theory.
Всякая тряпица в три года пригодится.
Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
literal Any rag will prove useful in three years.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	го́д	го́ды (года́)
Genitive	го́да	годо́в
Dative	го́ду	года́м
Accusative	го́д	го́ды (года́)
Instrumental	го́дом	года́ми
Prepositional	го́де (в году́)	года́х

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