dämlich

Meaning

very stupid

Synonyms

beschruppt

bedeppert

nicht ganz dicht

stockdumm

stupid

stupide

verblödet

sich krank fühlen

unzurechnungsfähig

unintelligent

nicht ernst zu nehmen

zum Schreien

haben sie ins Gehirn geschissen

dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt

dumm dass ihn die Schweine beißen

selten dämlich

nicht bis drei zählen können

panne

dumm wie 10 Meter Feldweg

Pulver nicht erfunden haben

strunzendumm

naturblöd

strunzdoof

besemmelt

gehirnamputiert

birnig

saudumm

dumm wie Schifferscheiße

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dalbig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɛːmlɪç/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from German Low German form that in standard usage replaced High German dämisch, damisch from the same source. Various theories about the etymology have been suggested: * It may be cognate with Latin tēmētum. * It may be related to taumeln (“to tumble”), but this is unlikely since forms with t- are not attested. * It may be related to dämmern (“to become dim”), but this is also rejected by the Duden and Kluge. * The Duden derives it from the Low German verb dämelen "not quite in one's right mind". * Kluge suggests it is from Proto-Germanic *þēm-, which (along with the Latin cognate tēmulentus (“drunk”)) is from Proto-Indo-European *tem- (“dazed, numbed”). It is not related to Dame, despite popular folk etymology.

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