Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɔm/
• An audio transcript can be found at Nl-stom.ogg

Adjective

1. mute, speechless; soundless, silent
2. stupid, dumb
3. foolish, senseless, piteous

Usage notes

The use of ‘stom’ for ‘stupid’ is deprecated by the deaf community, since it is the proper word for ‘mute’ in the sense of people who cannot speak. It is, however, common usage, analgous to the use of dumb in English.

Synonyms

• sprakeloos
• dom, dwaas, stompzinnig

Derived terms

• doofstom
• stomdronken
• stomheid, stommigheid
• stommerd, stommerik
• stompzinnig
• verstommen, verstomming

References

es:stom fr:stom io:stom id:stom nl:stom tr:stom vo:stom