See also: Doft

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch docht.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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doft f (plural doften, diminutive doftje n)

  1. bench for rowers
    Synonym: roeibank

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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doft c

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

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References

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  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

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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doft

  1. simple past of doff

References

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  • 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