doon

See also: do-on

English

Etymology 1

See down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːn/

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) Down.

Preposition

doon

1. (Geordie) Down.

Adjective

doon (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) On a lower level than before; down.

Etymology 2

See dun.

Noun

doon (plural doons)

1. Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.

Anagrams

• dono

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Limburgish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Verb

doon

1. to do

Conjugation

Montfortian conjugation of doon (irregular)

non-finite forms	infinitive	gerund	present participle	past participle	adjective	adverb
	(tö) doon	't doon n	donendje	höbbe gedaon	gedaon, gedaone, gedaoner, gedaones	gedäöndjelik
number & tense	verb-second order			verb-first order
	present	past	subjunctive	present	past	subjunctive
first person singular	doon	di-j	daon	doon	di-j	daon
second person singular	deis	di-js	daons	deis	di-js	daons
third person singular	deitj	di-j	daontj	deitj'r	di-j	daontj'r
first person plural	doon	di-jje	daone	doontj	di-jtj	daontj
second person plural	doontj	di-j	daontj	doontj	di-j, di-jtj	daontj
third person plural	doon	di-jje	daone	doon	di-jje	daone
other forms	noun	imperative singular impolite	imperative singular polite	imperative dual	imperative plural	inclusive
	't gedoons n	dooch!	dootj!	doon!	doontj!	daonem

Derived terms

• euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
• euverdoonder

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Low German

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Low German dôn, from Old Saxon dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Compare Low German doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doʊ̯n/

Verb

doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to do
2. to put

   Do dat aver dor!

   Just put it in there!

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
4. (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.

   Ik dee em en Kado geven!

   I gave him a present!

5. (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.

   So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee

   It became dark when the sun went down!

Conjugation

Conjugation of doon (irregular verb)

infinitive	doon
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	do	dee
2nd person singular	deist	deest
3rd person singular	deit	dee
plural	doot	deen
imperative	present	—
singular	do
plural	doot
participle	present	past
	doon	daan
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).

Alternative forms

• dooin

Verb

doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

1. close, shut

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Noun

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

1. fort, fastness

   Ta'n doon ard erskyn y valley. ― The fort commands the town.

2. stronghold, bastion

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doon	ghoon	noon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

Adjective

doon

1. done

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from of dūne (“off the hill”).

Adverb

doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)

1. down

Preposition

doon

1. down

Derived terms

• doon the stair

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Somali

Verb

doon

1. want, hope, aspire

   shaqo orod doon ― to aspire to work

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doʔon/

Adverb

doon

1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)