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taub.

deaf (not hearing)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/taʊ̯p/

  1. deaf (not hearing)

    taub auf einem Ohr

  2. numb

  3. empty

    taube Nuss
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German toup, toub, from Old High German toub, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”); cognate to English deaf, Swedish döv. Doublet of doof.

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