duh

See also düh

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dʌ/, /dɝ/
• (Australia) IPA: /dʌ/
• (US)

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• (UK) IPA: /dɜː/
• Rhymes: -ʌ

Interjection

duh

1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious.

   It's hot in the desert. - Well, duh!

2. Indication of perceived stupidity, often used in mockery.

   Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!

Usage notes

Often intentionally glottalized or drawled for emphasis.

Synonyms

• obviously!
• doy
• no duh (Australian, American)
• no shit (Sherlock)
• you don't say
• no kidding

Antonyms

• really?

Related terms

• d'oh
• huh
• oh
• ah

Translations

Disdainful indication that something is obvious.

• Armenian: հա բա (hy) (ha ba)
• Cantonese: 擺明系啦
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 很明顯吧 (cmn)

• Czech: jak jinak (cs)

• Dutch: je meent het (nl)
• German: ach (de), ach was (de), ach nee (de), sag bloß (de), na sowas (de)
• Portuguese: ah (pt)
• Russian: а то (ru) (a to), ещё бы (ru) (ješčó by), (informal, colloquial) ясень пень (ru) (jasenʹ penʹ)
• Slovak: nehovor (sk)

Anagrams

• HUD

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Romanian

Etymology

From a Common Slavic *duhŭ or *duchŭ, cf Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

Noun

duh n (plural duhuri)

1. spirit
2. ghost

Declension

declension of duh

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un duh	duhul	niște duhuri	duhurile
genitive/dative	unui duh	duhului	unor duhuri	duhurilor

Derived terms

• Duhul Sfânt

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dûx/

Noun

dȕh m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏х)

1. ghost
2. spirit

Declension

    declension of duh

	singular	plural
nominative	dȕh	dùhovi / dȕsi
genitive	duha	dùhōvā
dative	duhu	dùhovima / dȕsima
accusative	duha	dùhove
vocative	dȕše	dùhovi / dȕsi
locative	duhu	dùhovima / dȕsima
instrumental	duhom	dùhovima / dȕsima

Related terms

• dúša

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Shabo

Noun

duh

1. breast

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

Noun

duh m anim.

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

Declension

Declension of duh (masculine animate, plural in -ov-)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	duh	duhova	duhovi
accusative	duha	duhova	duhove
genitive	duha	duhov	duhov
dative	duhu	duhovoma	duhovom
locative	duhu	duhovih	duhovih
instrumental	duhom	duhovoma	duhovi