potdoof
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of pot (“pot”) + doof (“deaf”). The link to pot is either explained as influence from potdicht (“completely shut, completely closed”) or a jocular reference to a two-eared pot, that still cannot hear despite having two ears.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔtˈdoːf/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pot‧doof
- Rhymes: -oːf
Adjective
potdoof (not comparable)
- completely deaf
- Synonyms: stokdoof, zo doof als een kwartel
Declension
| Declension of potdoof | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | potdoof | |||
| inflected | potdove | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | potdoof | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | potdove | ||
| n. sing. | potdoof | |||
| plural | potdove | |||
| definite | potdove | |||
| partitive | potdoofs | |||