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English
Etymology 1
From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːf
Noun
doof (plural doofs)
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Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dʊf/
- Rhymes: -ʊf
Interjection
doof
- Imitating an electronic drum sound.
- Synonym: oontz
Noun
doof (countable and uncountable, plural doofs)
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable) A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.
- 2004, Graham St John, editor, Rave Culture and Religion, page 138:
- Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.
- 2006, Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture, volume 2, page 110:
- Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs’ of Australian rave culture.
- 2007, Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History, Volume 31, page 76,
- The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”).
Adjective
doof (comparative dover, superlative doofst)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
doof
- inflection of doven:
German
Etymology
From German Low German doof (“deaf”), from Middle Low German dôf, from Old Saxon dof, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. Cognate to Upper German taub.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: doof
- Rhymes: -oːf
Adjective
doof (strong nominative masculine singular doofer, comparative doofer or döfer or (nonstandard) dööfer, superlative am doofsten or am döfsten or (nonstandard) am dööfsten)
Usage notes
- Low German regularly changes its final obstruent f to v or w (IPA: [v]) when a vowel follows: en doof Mann → einen doven Mann. This sound-change is usually kept in standard German pronunciation, although the forms are always spelt with f. (For more words in which written f may be pronounced [v] compare Elfer, Fünfer, and schief.)
- The alternative comparation forms dööfer, am dööfsten are not officially standard and are sometimes frowned upon.
Declension
Positive forms of doof
Comparative forms of doof
1Nonstandard.
Superlative forms of doof
1Nonstandard.
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German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German dōf and Old Saxon dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. Cognate with English deaf.
The second meaning stems from the old misconception that dumb or deaf people were mentally disabled.
Pronunciation
Adjective
doof (comparative döver, superlative döövst)
Declension
Positive forms of doof
Comparative forms of doof
Superlative forms of doof
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Descendants
- German: doof
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.
Adjective
dôof
- deaf
- without feeling, harsh
- crazy, foolish
- useless
- dull, not shining
- dull, not giving sound
- dead, having died off, dry (of plants)
Inflection
Alternative forms
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Descendants
Further reading
- “doof”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “doof (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.
Adjective
doof
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian dāf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. Cognates include West Frisian dôf and German taub.
Pronunciation
Adjective
doof (masculine doven, feminine, plural or definite dove, comparative dover, superlative doofst)
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