overwordExplorer
DUTCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dof.

dull, matte

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/dɔf/

  1. dull, matte

  2. dull, muffled

  3. languid, apathetic

Where this word comes from

Vowel shortening of doof (“deaf”), from Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“stunned, deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”). Compare Swedish dov (“matt, muted”), English dowf.

noun/dɔf/

  1. a dull impact; a slam, a pound, a blow

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Vowel shortening of doof (“deaf”), from Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch *dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“stunned, deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”). Compare Swedish dov (“matt, muted”), English dowf.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

dof has 3 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

dof studiodof workshello, dof

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.