potdoof – Dutch adjective declension

Dutch adjective forms of potdoof

Adjective: potdoof

Indefinite Forms

masc. & fem.potdove
neuterpotdoof

Comparison Forms

Positivepotdove

Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like potdoof

potdoof, stokdoof,

Etymology

Compound of pot (“pot”) + doof (“deaf”). The link to pot is either explained as influence from potdicht (“completely shut, completely closed”) or a jocular reference to a two-eared pot, that still cannot hear despite having two ears.

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