Johann Nikolaus Götz (July 9, 1721 – November 4, 1781) was a German poet from Worms.

[1] The writings of Götz consist of a number of short lyrics and several translations, of which a rendering of Anacreon is notable.

His original compositions are light, lively and sparkling, and are animated rather by French wit than by German depth of sentiment.

The best known of his poems is Die Mädcheninsel, an elegy which met with the warm approval of Frederick the Great.

[2] Götz's Vermischte Gedichte were published with biography by K. W. Ramler (Mannheim, 1785; new ed., 1807), and a collection of his poems, dating from the years 1745–1765, was edited by C. Schüddekopf in the Deutsche Literaturdenkmale des 18. und 19.