| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| doof | ⇆ damp; ⇆ deaf; ⇆ dud; ⇆ extinguish |
| doof vir | ⇆ deaf to |
| doof wees vir | ⇆ turn a deaf ear to |
| dowe neut | ⇆ deaf nut; ⇆ dud |
| Oostindies doof | ⇆ quasi deaf |
| so doof soos ’n kwartel | ⇆ as deaf as a post; ⇆ as deaf as a door‐post |
| doofheid | ⇆ deafness |
| doofpot | ⇆ extinguisher |
| doofstom | ⇆ deaf and dumb; ⇆ deaf‐mute |
| indoof | ⇆ fade in |
| potdoof | ⇆ stone‐deaf |
| stokdoof | ⇆ stone‐deaf |
| toondoof | ⇆ tone‐deaf |
| uitdoof | ⇆ extinguish; ⇆ fade out; ⇆ quench |
| verdoof | ⇆ anaesthesize; ⇆ benumb; ⇆ deaden; ⇆ deafen; ⇆ die down; ⇆ drug; ⇆ dull; ⇆ stun; ⇆ narcotize; ⇆ numb; ⇆ obtund; ⇆ stupefy |