dunkel
See also: Dunkel
Danish
Pronunciation
Adjective
dunkel (neuter dunkelt, plural and definite singular attributive dunkle, comparative dunklere, superlative (predicative) dunklest, superlative (attributive) dunkleste)
- dark (with connotations of sinisterness)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dunkel” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German tunkel, from Old High German tunkal, tuncal (“dark”), from Proto-Germanic *dunkalaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʷ- (“to smoke, fume”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dunker, also dunkel). Cognate to Dutch donker (“dark”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dunkel (comparative dunkler, superlative am dunkelsten)
- (of light) dark
- Antonym: hell
- Im Winter wird es früher dunkel.
- In the winter, it gets dark earlier.
- Das dunkle Rot gefällt mir besser.
- I like the dark red better.
- (of sound) deep
Declension
- With contractions (normal form):
- Without contractions (now nonstandard and extremely rare):
Derived terms
Verb
dunkel
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of dunkeln.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of dunkeln.
Further reading
- “dunkel” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German dunkel, Dutch donker.
Adjective
dunkel
Synonyms
Plautdietsch
Adjective
dunkel
Derived terms
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