doof
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /duːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːf
Noun
[edit]doof (plural doofs)
Etymology 2
[edit]Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dʊf/
- Rhymes: -ʊf
Noun
[edit]doof (countable and uncountable, plural doofs)
- (Australia, slang, uncountable) A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
- (Australia) 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]doof (comparative dover, superlative doofst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of doof | ||||
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uninflected | doof | |||
inflected | dove | |||
comparative | dover | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | doof | dover | het doofst het doofste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | dove | dovere | doofste |
n. sing. | doof | dover | doofste | |
plural | dove | dovere | doofste | |
definite | dove | dovere | doofste | |
partitive | doofs | dovers | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: doof
- Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
- Negerhollands: doof
- → Papiamentu: dof
- → Sranan Tongo: dofu
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]doof
- inflection of doven:
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- Hyphenation: doof
- Rhymes: -oːf
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist doof | sie ist doof | es ist doof | sie sind doof | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | doofer | doofe | doofes | doofe |
genitive | doofen | doofer | doofen | doofer | |
dative | doofem | doofer | doofem | doofen | |
accusative | doofen | doofe | doofes | doofe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der doofe | die doofe | das doofe | die doofen |
genitive | des doofen | der doofen | des doofen | der doofen | |
dative | dem doofen | der doofen | dem doofen | den doofen | |
accusative | den doofen | die doofe | das doofe | die doofen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein doofer | eine doofe | ein doofes | (keine) doofen |
genitive | eines doofen | einer doofen | eines doofen | (keiner) doofen | |
dative | einem doofen | einer doofen | einem doofen | (keinen) doofen | |
accusative | einen doofen | eine doofe | ein doofes | (keine) doofen |
1Nonstandard.
1Nonstandard.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]German Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]doof (comparative döver, superlative döövst)
Declension
[edit]gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is doof | se is doof | dat is doof | se sünd doof | |
partitive | een doovs | een doovs | wat doovs | allens doov | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dove | dove | doof | dove |
oblique | doven | dove | doof | dove | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dove | de dove | dat dove | de doven |
oblique | den doven | de dove | dat dove | de doven | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dove/doven | en dove | en doof/dovet | (keen) doven |
oblique | en doven | en dove | en doof/dovet | (keen) doven |
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is döver | se is döver | dat is döver | se sünd döver | |
partitive | een dövers | een dövers | wat dövers | allens döver | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dövere | dövere | döver | dövere |
oblique | dövern | dövere | döver | dövere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dövere | de dövere | dat dövere | de dövern |
oblique | den dövern | de dövere | dat dövere | de dövern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dövere/döveren | en dövere | en döver | (keen) dövern |
oblique | en dövern | en dövere | en döver | (keen) dövern |
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Döövste | se is de Döövste | dat is dat Döövste | se sünd de Döövsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | döövste | döövste | döövst | döövste |
oblique | döövsten | döövste | döövst | döövste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de döövste | de döövste | dat döövste | de döövsten |
oblique | den döövsten | de döövste | dat döövste | de döövsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en döövste/döövsten | en döövste | en döövst | (keen) döövsten |
oblique | en döövsten | en döövste | en döövst | (keen) döövsten |
Descendants
[edit]- German: doof
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.
Adjective
[edit]dôof
- deaf
- without feeling, harsh
- crazy, foolish
- useless
- dull, not shining
- dull, not giving sound
- dead, having died off, dry (of plants)
Inflection
[edit]Adjective | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | dôof | dôve | dôof | dôve |
Definite | dôve | dôve | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | dôven | dôve | dôof | dôve |
Definite | dôve | ||||
Genitive | Indefinite | dôofs | dôver | dôofs | dôver |
Definite | dôofs, dôven | dôofs, dôven | |||
Dative | dôven | dôver | dôven | dôven |
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “doof”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “doof (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Plautdietsch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.
Adjective
[edit]doof
Saterland Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian dāf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. Cognates include West Frisian dôf and German taub.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]doof (masculine doven, feminine, plural or definite dove, comparative dover, superlative doofst)
References
[edit]- English terms derived from Scots
- English terms derived from Low German
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uːf
- Rhymes:English/uːf/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English
- English slang
- English onomatopoeias
- Rhymes:English/ʊf
- Rhymes:English/ʊf/1 syllable
- English uncountable nouns
- Australian English
- English terms with quotations
- English heteronyms
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans adjectives
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/oːf
- Rhymes:Dutch/oːf/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Hearing
- German terms derived from German Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/oːf
- Rhymes:German/oːf/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German informal terms
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German adjectives
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch adjectives
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Old Saxon
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch adjectives
- Plautdietsch 1-syllable words
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/oːf
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/oːf/1 syllable
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian adjectives