Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch doodstil. Equivalent to dood +‎ stil.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

doodstil (attributive doodstille, not comparable)

  1. silent as the grave

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Compound of dood +‎ stil.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /doːtˈstɪl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dood‧stil

Adjective edit

doodstil (not comparable)

  1. silent as the grave

Inflection edit

Inflection of doodstil
uninflected doodstil
inflected doodstille
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial doodstil
indefinite m./f. sing. doodstille
n. sing. doodstil
plural doodstille
definite doodstille
partitive doodstils

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: doodstil
  • West Frisian: deastil (calque)