dof

Meaning

Adj

1. dull, matte
2. dull, muffled
3. languid, apathetic

Noun

a dull impact; a slam, a pound, a blow

Concepts

obtuse

dull

blunt

dim

lackluster

mat

Synonyms

gesmoord

toonloos

stomp

bot

mat

stomphoekig

gedempt

wazig

Translations

obtus

stumpf

matt

dumpf

obtuso

sourd

terne

pallido

smussato

spento

spuntato

baço

cego

embotado

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɔf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: dôof

Inherited from Old Dutch: *dōf

Cognate with Swedish: dov

Cognate with English: dowf

In summary

Vowel shortening of doof (“deaf”), from Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“stunned, deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”). Compare Swedish dov (“matt, muted”), English dowf.