daft

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.
2. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal) Crazy, insane, mad.
3. (obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild.

Konzepte

doof

verrückt

blöd

bekloppt

stumpfsinnig

umnachtet

albern

bescheuert

blöde

geistesgestört

schwachsinnig

Synonyme

silly

foolish

crazy

mad

nutty

barmy

loony

bats

haywire

insane

around the bend

nuts

balmy

deranged

batty

buggy

daffy

cracked

whacky

wacky

kookie

doltish

round the bend

dotty

crackers

weak-headed

loopy

loco

kooky

bonkers

light-headed

stupid

fruity

fool

flighty

feebleminded

fatuous

crackpot

dull-witted

dull

insensate

dopey

blithering

inept

incipient

inane

imbecilic

distraught

imbecile

idiotic

Übersetzungen

tonto

idiot

παλαβός

fou

deli

ανόητος

branque

cinglé

dingue

fêlé

aliéné

aberrant

barjo

bête

stupide

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/dɑːft/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: dafte

Geerbt von Altenglisch: dæfte

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: dafnian

Verwandt mit Russisch: до́брый

In summary

From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”), from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“fitting; to fit together”). Related to Old English dafnian, dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”).
Compare silly which originally meant “blessed; good, innocent; pitiful; weak”, but now means “laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance; mentally simple, foolish”.
Unrelated to, though perhaps influenced by, daff (“fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)”) (past form daffed).