# 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: /duːf/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːf

#### Noun

doof (plural doofs)
* (US, slang) A simpleton.

##### Derived terms

* doofbag
* doofoid

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.

#### Pronunciation

* (General Australian) IPA: /dʊf/
* Rhymes: -ʊf

#### Interjection

doof
* Imitating an electronic drum sound.
    Synonym: oontz

#### Noun

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

* doof-doof
* doofer
* doofy

##### Related terms

* doofus

##### See also

* doof on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* doosh
* oontz

### Anagrams

* food

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch doof.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʊəf/

### Adjective

doof (attributive dowe, comparative dower, superlative doofste)
* deaf

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːf/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

##### Derived terms

* dof
* doofheid
* dove
* doveman
* doven
* potdoof
* verdoven
* zo doof als een kwartel

##### 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: /doːf/
* Audio:(file)
   * Inflected forms: IPA: /doːv-/ (predominantly)
   * Inflected forms: IPA: /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

$^1$Nonstandard.
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#### Related terms

* duff

### 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 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: /doːf/

### Adjective

doof (comparative döver, superlative döövst)
* deaf, dumb (unable to speak)
* stupid, dumb (not clever)

#### 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)

#### Alternative forms

* douf

#### Derived terms

* dôven

#### Descendants

* Dutch: doof
** Afrikaans: doof
** Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
** Negerhollands: 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: /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