English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duːf/

Noun

doof ‎(plural doofs)

1. (US, slang) A simpleton.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.

Pronunciation

(Australia) IPA^(key): /dʊf/

Noun

doof ‎(plural doofs)

1. (Australia, slang) A type of music with pronounced bass typically associated with the modified car scene; doof-doof.
2. (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

See also

• doof on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• food
• oodf

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːf

Etymology

From Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

Adjective

doof ‎(comparative dover, superlative doofst)

1. Deaf.

Inflection

Derived terms

• doofheid
• verdoven

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. 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)

Adjective

doof ‎(comparative doofer or dööfer, superlative am doofsten or am dööfsten)

1. (informal) stupid, dumb.
2. (informal) boring, annoying

Usage notes

• Low German regularly changes its final obstruent f to v (IPA: [v]) when a vowel follows: en doof Mann → enen 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. They are quite common in colloquial speech, however.

Declension

German Low German

Etymology

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): /doːf/

Adjective

doof ‎(comparative döver, superlative döövst)

1. deaf
2. dumb (not clever)

Declension

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dāf, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz. More at deaf.

Adjective

doof

1. deaf