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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): /du?f/

Noun

doof (plural doofs)

1. (US, slang) A simpleton.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.

Pronunciation

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /d?f/

• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

doof (countable and uncountable, plural doofs)

1. (Australia, slang, uncountable) A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
3. (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

• 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): /d??f/

Adjective

doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste)

1. deaf

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?f/
• Hyphenation: doof
• Rhymes: -o?f

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch d?f, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

Adjective

doof (comparative dover, superlative doofst)

1. deaf

Inflection

Derived terms

• doofheid
• dove
• doven
• potdoof

Descendants

• Afrikaans: doof
• ? Sranan Tongo: dofu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

doof

1. first-person singular present indicative of doven
2. imperative 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

• IPA^(key): /do?f/

• Inflected forms: IPA^(key): /do?v-/ (predominantly)
• Inflected forms: IPA^(key): /do?f-/ (some speakers in southern Germany and Austria)

Adjective

doof (comparative doofer or döfer or dööfer, superlative am doofsten or am döfsten or 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

German Low German

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon d?f, 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. German doof is taken from this word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?f/

Adjective

doof (comparative döver, superlative döövst)

1. deaf
2. dumb (not clever)

Declension

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *d?f, 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

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• douf

Derived terms

• dôven

Descendants

• Dutch: doof
  • Afrikaans: doof
  • ? 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 d?f, from Proto-West Germanic *daub.

Adjective

doof

1. deaf

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian d?f, from Proto-West Germanic *daub. More at deaf.

Adjective

doof

1. deaf

English

Noun

doofi

1. (slang, humorous, intentionally nonstandard) plural of doofus

Usage notes

• This is a humorous plural imitating Latin-derived forms such as radii.