döv

döv in a sentence

• döva barn
  deaf children

Expressions

• tala för döva öron
  speak to deaf ears, say words that fall on deaf ears

Words built with döv

• stendöv stone-deaf, deaf as a post
• dövtolk interpreter for persons with impaired hearing

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish dø̄ver, from Old Norse daufr, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”).

Nearby common words

döv is number 3,834 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 3,830strula to malfunction, to cause trouble; to act up, to work on (something that's acting up)
• 3,831anläggning construction, building
• 3,832löste loose leaf tea
• 3,833atmosfär atmosphere
• 3,835given given
• 3,836gjorda done
• 3,837kopiera copy
• 3,838ranch a ranch (in North America)