doof

== 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/ Rhymes: -uːf ==== Noun ==== doof (plural doofs) (US, slang) A simpleton. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic, from the sound of an electronic 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. 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 ===== doof-doof doofer doofy ===== Related terms ===== doofus ===== See also ===== doof on Wikipedia.Wikipedia doosh oontz === Anagrams === food == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch doof. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʊəf/ === Adjective === doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste) deaf == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /doːf/ Hyphenation: doof Rhymes: -oːf === 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) deaf ===== Declension ===== ===== 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 inflection of doven: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative 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 === IPA(key): /doːf/ 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) (informal) stupid, dumb (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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== duff === Further reading === “doof” in Duden online “doof”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in 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 === IPA(key): /doːf/ === Adjective === doof (comparative döver, superlative döövst) (German Low German) deaf, dumb (unable to speak) stupid, dumb (not clever) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: doof == 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 ==== douf ==== Derived terms ==== dôven ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: doofAfrikaans: doofBerbice Creole Dutch: dofuNegerhollands: doof→ Papiamentu: dof→ Sranan Tongo: dofu Limburgish: douf === 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 == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. === Adjective === doof 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) deaf === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “doof”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN