doze

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.

Noun

A light, short sleep or nap.

Det

Pronunciation spelling of those.

Concepten

dutten

dommelen

druilen

sluimeren

sluimering

soezen

dutje

Dommel

suffen

doezelen

gesuf

hazeslaapje

jaar

slaap

😴

Synoniemen

nap

slumber

snooze

drowse

sleep

😴

nod

sleep lightly

drowsiness

catnap

siesta

be drowsy

have a nap

nod off

drowsy

somnolence

rest

have a wink

doze off

dozing

short sleep

be sluggish

zizz

be dull

half-asleep

nod in sleep

nod sleepily

cat nap

to doze off

bulldoze

fall asleep

forty winks

kip

lie down

nutate

sleepiness

daydream

be half asleep

drop asleep

feel drowsy

half asleep

Vertalingen

somnoler

dösen

dormitar

dormicchiare

sommeiller

sonnellino

schlummern

sonnecchiare

soneca

somme

dormitar

Nickerchen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/doʊz/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: *dosen

Verwant aan Old Frisian: dusia

Verwant aan Duits: dösen

Verwant aan Deens: døse

Verwant aan Zweeds: dusa

Verwant aan IJslands: dúsa

Verwant aan Oudengels: dysiġ

Verwant aan Schots: dosnit

Verwant aan IJslands: dúra

Verwant aan Nederlands: doezelen

In summary

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”).
Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.