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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German dunkeln, tunkeln, from Old High German tunkalēn, tunkalen. By surface analysis, dunkel + -n.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dunkeln (weak, third-person singular present dunkelt, past tense dunkelte, past participle gedunkelt, auxiliary haben)
- to darken
- Kaum fing es an zu dunkeln, als […]
- It had just started to get dark, when […]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | dunkeln | ||||
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present participle | dunkelnd | ||||
past participle | gedunkelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dunkle ich dunkele ich dunkel |
wir dunkeln | i | ich dunkele ich dunkle |
wir dunkeln |
du dunkelst | ihr dunkelt | du dunkelest du dunklest |
ihr dunkelet ihr dunklet | ||
er dunkelt | sie dunkeln | er dunkele er dunkle |
sie dunkeln | ||
preterite | ich dunkelte | wir dunkelten | ii | ich dunkelte1 | wir dunkelten1 |
du dunkeltest | ihr dunkeltet | du dunkeltest1 | ihr dunkeltet1 | ||
er dunkelte | sie dunkelten | er dunkelte1 | sie dunkelten1 | ||
imperative | dunkle (du) dunkel (du) dunkele (du) |
dunkelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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