different between huh vs duh

English

Alternative forms

• hah
• hunh

Etymology

Attested from circa 1600.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h?/, [h??]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?/, [h??]
• Rhymes: -?

Interjection

huh

1. (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

2. Used to express doubt or confusion.

3. (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

4. (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

5. (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

6. (informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

Synonyms

• (to indicate that one didn't hear): come again, pardon, what; see also Thesaurus:say again

Translations

References

• “huh”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• uhh

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• hiech, hieh (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German h?h, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?/

Adjective

huh (masculine huhe, feminine huh, comparative hüher or hühter or hieher, superlative et hühste or hüchste or hühtste or hiehtste)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) high; tall

Usage notes

• The comparation forms with -ü- are Ripuarian, those with -ie- are Moselle Franconian.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?huh/, [?huh]
• Rhymes: -uh
• Syllabification: huh

Interjection

huh

1. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise)

Yucatec Maya

Noun

huh

1. Obsolete spelling of huuh

English

Alternative forms

• der, derr
• dur, durr

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d?/
• (US)
• Rhymes: -??, -?

Interjection

duh

1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious.

   It's hot in the desert. - Well, duh!

2. Indication of mock stupidity.

   Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!

Synonyms

• obviously!
• doy
• no duh (Australian, American)
• no shit
• you don't say
• no kidding
• derp
• seriously? Nah (sarcastic)

Antonyms

• really?

Related terms

• d'oh
• huh
• oh
• ah

Translations

Anagrams

• HUD, Hud, UHD, hud

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dux]

Noun

duh f

1. genitive plural of duha

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German tun, Dutch doen, English do.

Verb

duh

1. to do

Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duh/

Noun

duh n (plural duhuri)

1. spirit
2. ghost

Declension

Synonyms

• (spirit): spirit, suflet
• (ghost): fantom?, stafie, n?luc?

Derived terms

• Duhul Sfânt

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûx/

Noun

d?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. ghost, spirit

2. spirit

Declension

Related terms

• dúša

Shabo

Noun

duh

1. breast

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú?x/

Noun

d?h m anim

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

Inflection

Further reading

• “duh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC d?u^H).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tu?/
• Tone numbers: du⁶
• Hyphenation: duh

Noun

duh (old orthography du?)

1. bean; pea; nut