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Etymology

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Compound of dood (death) +‎ koud (cold).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /doːtˈkɑu̯t/
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  • Hyphenation: dood‧koud

Adjective

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doodkoud (not comparable)

  1. very cold
    Synonyms: ijskoud, steenkoud
    Hij stond daar te bibberen in zijn dunne jas, het was doodkoud buiten.
    He was shivering there in his thin jacket, it was very cold outside.

Inflection

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Declension of doodkoud
uninflected doodkoud
inflected doodkoude
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial doodkoud
indefinite m./f. sing. doodkoude
n. sing. doodkoud
plural doodkoude
definite doodkoude
partitive doodkouds