doot

See also: Doot

English

Verb

doot

  1. (chiefly Scotland) doubt
    • 1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows‎:
      "Mair'd be a bother; an' I doot not ye'll mak' it all richt, lad."
  2. (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 […]

Noun

doot

  1. (chiefly Scotland) doubt
    • 1917, John Hay Beith, All In It: K(1) Carries On‎:
      No doot he'll try to pass himself off as an officer, for to get better quarters!"

Anagrams

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

doot

  1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)

Synonyms

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.

Adjective

doot (comparative döder, superlative döödst)

  1. dead

Declension
Positive forms of doot
gender singular plural
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
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
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.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch dōt, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.

Adjective

dôot

  1. dead
  2. lifeless
  3. invalid, void
Inflection
Adjective
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
Descendants
  • Dutch: dood
  • Limburgish: doead

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch dōth, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.

Noun

dôot m or f

  1. death
  2. death penalty
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: dood
  • Limburgish: doead

Further reading
  • “doot (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “doot (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “doot (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “doot (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German dôt, from Old Saxon dōd, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.

Adjective

doot

  1. dead, lifeless
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