doot
See also: Doot
English
Verb
doot
- (chiefly Scotland) doubt
- (chiefly Scotland) think
- 1920, James C. Welsh, The Underworld:
- Andrew knew that Geordie would not have had a smoke for a long time, and this was his way of leaving him with a pipeful of tobacco.
"I think my pipe's on the mantelshelf," returned Geordie, "but I doot it's empty."
Andrew took down the pipe, filled it generously […]
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Noun
doot
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German dôt, from Old Saxon dōd, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare Dutch dood, German tot, English dead, Danish død.
Declension
Positive forms of doot
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is doot | se is doot | dat is doot | se sünd doot | |
partitive | een Doods | een Doods | wat Doods | allens Dood | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dode | dode | doot | dode |
oblique | doden | dode | doot | dode | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dode | de dode | dat dode | de doden |
oblique | den doden | de dode | dat dode | de doden | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dode | en dode | en doot/dodet | (keen) doden |
oblique | en doden | en dode | en doot/dodet | (keen) doden |
Comparative forms of doot
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is döder | se is döder | dat is döder | se sünd döder | |
partitive | een döders | een döders | wat döders | allens döder | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dödere | dödere | döder | dödere |
oblique | dödern | dödere | döder | dödere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dödere | de dödere | dat dödere | de dödern |
oblique | den dödern | de dödere | dat dödere | de dödern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dödere | en dödere | en döder | (keen) dödern |
oblique | en dödern | en dödere | en döder | (keen) dödern |
Superlative forms of doot
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Döödste | se is de Döödste | dat is dat Döödste | se sünd de Döödsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | döödste | döödste | döödst | döödste |
oblique | döödsten | döödste | döödst | döödste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de döödste | de döödste | dat döödste | de döödsten |
oblique | den döödsten | de döödste | dat döödste | de döödsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en döödste | en döödste | en döödst | (keen) döödsten |
oblique | en döödsten | en döödste | en döödst | (keen) döödsten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch dōt, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.
Inflection
Adjective | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | dôot | dôde | dôot | dôde |
Definite | dôde | dôde | |||
Accusative | dôden | dôde | dôde | dôde | |
Genitive | dôots | dôder | dôots | dôder | |
Dative | dôden | dôder | dôden | dôden |
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch dōth, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German dôt, from Old Saxon dōd, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.
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