The word "gothic" refers to many different things: it is both a style, language, font and literature-genre.

Gothic architecture as a style began in Europe in 1150 and lasted till approx. 1550. It is mostly seen in church buildings. Roskilde and Aarhus cathedrals are a few examples of the style. Gothic style is light and aims towards Gods Kingdom in heaven. Therefore, many churches were built with spires and pointed window curves that reaches towards the sky.

Gothic is also an east Germanic extinct language, which were spoken by the Goths during the Stone Age. The gothic language has had an influence on Danish, where for instance, the word king derives from the gothic word kungr.

Gothic is the first font to be used in the printed and written texts. Gothic font is often seen in church texts from the convents in Denmark and the rest of Europe.

Gothic is also a literature style. Usually, the gothic genre involves a supernatural element such as vampires and ghosts. Gothic literature is part of the horror-genre. Frankenstein (1818) written by Mary Shelley and Dracula (1897) written by Bram Stoker were some of the first books within the gothic genre.

The genre has been relived in the 21^st century with the famous Twilight novels written by Stephanie Meyer, which was also adapted to the big screen.