doft

See also: Doft

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch docht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔft/
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  • Hyphenation: doft
  • Rhymes: -ɔft

Noun

doft f (plural doften, diminutive doftje n)

  1. bench for rowers
    Synonym: roeibank

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dupt, itself related to the root of daufr.[1]

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Noun

doft c

  1. (pleasant) smell; scent, odor, fragrance

Declension
Declension of doft 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative doft doften dofter dofterna
Genitive dofts doftens dofters dofternas

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “261-67”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 261-67

Yola

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔɸt/, /daɸt/

Verb

doft

  1. simple past of doff

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
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