duh

See also: düh and dúh

Translingual

Symbol

duh

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dungra Bhil.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dungra Bhil terms

English

Alternative forms

• der (derr)
• dur, durr
• well duh; well, duh

Etymology

Imitative, indicating stupidity by mocking the speech of an intellectually disabled person.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dʌ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dʌ/
• IPA^(key): [də̰ː˥˩], [də̰ː˥˨] (Sense 3 only)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː, -ʌ

Interjection

duh

1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious.

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

2. Indication of mock stupidity.

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

3. Nonsensical utterance by an individual about to go unconscious, especially if they're dizzy.

   Duuhh... I don't feel so good now...

Synonyms

• der (chiefly US)
• derp
• doy
• no duh (Australia)
• no kidding
• no shit
• obviously!
• you don't say

Derived terms

• duh factor
• induhvidual
• well duh

Related terms

• ah
• d'oh
• huh
• oh

Translations

disdainful indication that something is obvious

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: خو (ḵō)

• Armenian: հա բա (ha ba)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 擺明系啦 / 摆明系啦

  Mandarin: 很明顯吧 / 很明显吧, 还用说吗

• Czech: jak jinak
• Dutch: je meent het
• Finnish: älä ihmeessä, ihanko totta, ei kai
• French: bah (fr), bah oui
• German: (after a question:) ja klar with a squeaking tone on the second word; (after a statement:) ach (de); ach nee; ach was; na sowas; sag bloß (de) all with an interrogative intonation
• Hungarian: nyilván (hu), nem mondod?, naná (hu), jó hogy, még szép
• Italian: ma va?
• Japanese: 当たり前 (ja)
• Korean: 당연 (ko) (dang'yeon)
• Polish: no ba, ba (pl)
• Portuguese: ah (pt), dâ, der (pt), dã
• Russian: а то (ru) (a to), ещё бы (ru) (ješčó by), (informal, colloquial) я́сен пень (ru) (jásen penʹ)
• Slovak: nehovor
• Spanish: obvio (es)
• Ukrainian: ото́ж (otóž), ще б па́к (šče b pák), а то́ (a tó)

Anagrams

• HUD, Hud, UHD, hud

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdux]
• Homophone: duch

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech duh, from Proto-Slavic *dǫ̀gъ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce something useful, to be strong”).

Noun

duh m inan

1. Used only in the phrase:

   jít/sloužit někomu k duhu ― to do someone good

Declension

Declension of duh (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	duh	duhy
genitive	duhu	duhů
dative	duhu	duhům
accusative	duh	duhy
vocative	duhu	duhy
locative	duhu	duzích
instrumental	duhem	duhy

Derived terms

• dužina
• duží
• dužnatý
• neduh
• neduživý

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

duh f

1. genitive plural of duha

Further reading

• “duh”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “duh”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “duh”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дух (dux).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duh/

Noun

duh (definite accusative duhu, plural duhlar)

1. spirit

   Synonym: ruh

2. (philosophy, religion) soul, spirit, geist

   Synonym: ruh

Declension

Declension of duh

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	duh	duhlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	duhu	duhları
dative (yönelme)	duha	duhlara
locative (bulunma)	duhta	duhlarda
ablative (çıkma)	duhtan	duhlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	duhun	duhların

Gullah

Alternative forms

• da, d', de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

Etymology 1

Compare English the.

Article

duh

1. the

Etymology 2

Compare English to.

Adverb

duh

1. to- towards

Conjunction

duh

1. to- in order to

Etymology 3

From Igbo de.

Verb

duh

1. (copula) be

Usage notes

• The copula form of duh is only used to connect multiple nouns, never a noun and adjective/descriptor.

References

• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʊh]
• Hyphenation: duh

• Audio (Indonesia):

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Etymology 1

Interjection

duh

1. apheretic form of aduh

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese duh (“juice, sap, oil”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq (“sap, juice”). Doublet of juruh.

• Construction of duh tubuh is a semantic loan from Dutch lichaamssap (“bodily fluid”, literally “body sap”). However, contemporary term for bodily fluid is cairan tubuh.

Noun

duh (plural duh-duh)

1. (medicine, pathology) discharge: pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology

   Keluhan duh tubuh vagina abnormal biasanya disebabkan oleh radang vagina, tetapi dapat pula akibat radang serviks yang mukopurulen. ― Abnormal vaginal discharge complaint usually can be caused of vaginal inflammation, but can be caused of mucopurulent cervical inflammation.

Synonyms

• discaj (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “duh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *duʔ.

Verb

duh

1. to want, wish, desire

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq (“sap, juice”). Doublet of juruh.

Noun

duh

1. juice
2. sap
3. oil (for a lamp)

Derived terms

• aduh
• aṅduhi
• maṅduh

Descendants

• → Indonesian: duh (“discharge”) (learned)

Further reading

• "duh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon. Compare German tun, Dutch doen, English do.

Verb

duh

1. to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of duh

infinitive	duh
past participle	hot geduh
future tense	waerd duh
	present tense
1st person singular	duh
2nd person singular	duhscht
3rd person singular	dutt
1st person  plural	duhne
2nd person plural	dutt
3rd person plural	duhne
	subjunctive mood
1st person singular	daet
2nd person singular	daetscht
3rd person singular	daet
1st person  plural	daede
2nd person plural	daet
3rd person plural	daede
imperative	duh

Romanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic доухъ (duxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duh/

Noun

duh n (plural duhuri)

1. spirit

   Synonyms: spirit, suflet

2. ghost

   Synonyms: fantomă, stafie, nălucă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	duh	duhul		duhuri	duhurile
genitive-dative	duh	duhului		duhuri	duhurilor
vocative	duhule			duhurilor

Derived terms

• Duhul Sfânt
• vorbă de duh

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъ (“breath, gust (of wind)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûx/

Noun

dȕh m anim (Cyrillic spelling ду̏х)

1. ghost, spirit

   Duh Sveti ― the holy spirit

   Ja sam duh iz Aladinove lampe. ― I am the ghost from Aladin's lamp.

2. spirit

   U zdravom tijelu, zdrav duh. ― Mens sana in corpore sano. (literally, “In a healthy body, a healthy 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

Further reading

• “duh”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Shabo

Noun

duh

1. breast

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *duxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dúːx/
• Hyphenation: duh

Noun

dȗh m anim or m inan

1. (animate) ghost (spirit appearing after death)
2. (animate) soul

   Synonym: duša

3. (animate) ability, capability

   Synonyms: sposobnost, zmožnost, žilica

4. (figuratively, animate) capable person^[→SSKJ]
5. (rare, animate) mindset

   Synonym: miselnost

6. (rare, animate) atmosphere, mood^[→SSKJ]

   Synonym: vzdušje

7. (philosophy, animate) spirit
8. (archaic, inanimate) smell, scent

   Synonym: vonj

9. (obsolete, inanimate) smell (sense that detects odours)

Declension

• animate senses

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	dȗh
gen. sing.	duhȃ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȗh	duhȏva, duhȃ	duhȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	duhȃ	duhóv	duhóv
dative dajȃlnik	dȗhu, dȗhi	duhȏvoma, duhȏvama	duhȏvom, dȗhȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	duhȃ	duhȏva, duhȃ	duhȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	dȗhu, dȗhi	duhȏvih	duhȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dȗhom	duhȏvoma, duhȏvama	duhȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȗh	duhȏva, duhȃ	duhȏvi

• inanimate senses, usual

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	dȗh
gen. sing.	dȗha
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȗh	dȗha	dȗhi
genitive rodȋlnik	dȗha	dȗhov	dȗhov
dative dajȃlnik	dȗhu, dȗhi	dȗhoma, dȗhama	dȗhom, dȗham
accusative tožȋlnik	dȗh	dȗha	dȗhe
locative mẹ̑stnik	dȗhu, dȗhi	dȗhih, dȗhah	dȗhih, dȗhah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dȗhom	dȗhoma, dȗhama	dȗhi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȗh	dȗha	dȗhi

• inanimate senses, less common

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	dȗh
gen. sing.	duhȃ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȗh	duhȏva	duhȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	duhȃ	duhóv	duhóv
dative dajȃlnik	dȗhu, dȗhi	duhȏvoma, duhȏvama	duhȏvom, dȗhȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	dȗh	duhȏva	duhȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	dȗhu, dȗhi	duhȏvih	duhȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dȗhom	duhȏvoma, duhȏvama	duhȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȗh	duhȏva	duhȏvi

Derived terms

• dúhati
• duhọ́vən
• duhovȋt
• duhovȋtost
• duhọ́vnik
• duhọ́vski
• duhọ́vščina
• izdúhati
• podúhati
• zadúhati
• zdúhati

Related terms

• dúša
• dahnīti
• díhati

Further reading

• “duh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “duh”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Sumerian

Romanization

duh

1. romanization of 𒂃 (duḫ)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tu˧/
• Tone numbers: du⁶
• Hyphenation: duh

Etymology 1

From Chinese 豆 (MC duwH).

Noun

duh (Sawndip forms 𭎞 or 荳 or 垜 or 𰶠, 1957–1982 spelling duƅ)

1. bean; pea; nut

Derived terms

• duhbap
• duhbapfangz
• duhbatyangj
• duhbyaek
• duhciemz
• duhcwx
• duhdau
• duhdeih
• duhdoem
• duhdoemciemz
• duhfaex
• duhfaek
• duhfaekyangj
• duhfonx
• duhgaeujbieg
• duhgaeujhau
• duhgaeujhoengz
• duhgaeujndaem
• duhgoek
• duhgoekbya
• duhgyaj
• duhgyaiz
• duhgyauzhau
• duhhau
• duhhenj
• duhheu
• duhhoengz
• duhlanjdou
• duhlanhdouq
• duhluk
• duhmeuz
• duhnaz
• duhnamh
• duhnamhcaeux
• duhnamhfangz
• duhnaem
• duhnoh
• duhndaem
• duhngaz
• duhngad
• duhngaizhau
• duhngaizndaem
• duhrizndaem
• duhsan
• duhseiq
• duhsouhhau
• duhyangj
• duhyez

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

duh (Sawndip forms 途 or 度, 1957–1982 spelling duƅ)

1. of; 's (possessive marker, placed before the possessor)