doodleuk
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of dood + leuk. This word is based on the now-obsolete sense of "calm, level-headed" of leuk, also visible in leukweg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːt.løːk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dood‧leuk
Adverb
doodleuk
- cold-bloodedly, flat out, calmly, coolly; in an unconcerned way; without showing care; heartlessly
- Synonyms: doodgemoedereerd, brutaalweg, ijskoud
- in a tongue in cheek or phlegmatic way; with a deadpan delivery
Synonyms
Adjective
doodleuk (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of doodleuk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | doodleuk | |||
| inflected | doodleuke | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | doodleuk | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | doodleuke | ||
| n. sing. | doodleuk | |||
| plural | doodleuke | |||
| definite | doodleuke | |||
| partitive | doodleuks | |||