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. scent, odor, fragrance

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

Synonyms

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

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Verb

doft

  1. simple past tense of doff

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 36
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