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doof

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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

Noun

doof (plural doofs)

  1. (US, slang) A simpleton.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.

Pronunciation

Interjection

doof

  1. Imitating an electronic drum sound.
    Synonym: oontz

Noun

doof (countable and uncountable, plural doofs)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable) A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
  2. (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

From Dutch doof.

Pronunciation

Adjective

doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste)

  1. deaf

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)

  1. deaf
Declension
More information Declension of, uninflected ...
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: doof
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
  • Negerhollands: doof
  • Papiamentu: dof
  • Sranan Tongo: dofu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

doof

  1. inflection of doven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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

  • Inflected forms: IPA(key): /doːv-/ (predominantly)
  • Inflected forms: IPA(key): /doːf-/ (some speakers in southern Germany and Austria)
  • 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)

  1. (informal) stupid, dumb
  2. (informal) boring, annoying

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

Further reading

  • doof” in Duden online
  • doof” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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German Low German

Alternative forms

  • dow
  • dof (inflected dow-)
  • (inflected doow-)

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)

  1. deaf, dumb (unable to speak)
  2. stupid, dumb (not clever)

Declension

Descendants

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.

Adjective

dôof

  1. deaf
  2. without feeling, harsh
  3. crazy, foolish
  4. useless
  5. dull, not shining
  6. dull, not giving sound
  7. dead, having died off, dry (of plants)

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.

Adjective

doof

  1. deaf

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dāf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. Cognates include West Frisian dôf and German taub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːf/
  • Hyphenation: doof
  • Rhymes: -oːf

Adjective

doof (masculine doven, feminine, plural or definite dove, comparative dover, superlative doofst)

  1. deaf

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “doof”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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