mörker

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish myrker, mørker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmœ̞rːkɛr/
• (nonstandard, nonetheless common) IPA^(key): /ˈmɵrːkɛr/

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Noun

mörker n

1. darkness (a complete or (more often) partial absence of light, or figuratively)
   • 1981, Freestyle, “Vill ha dej [Want You]”, in Fantasi [Imagination]‎^[2]:

     Vill ha dig i mörkret hos mig. Tiden den stannar när vi rör vid varann. Åh, jag lättar, jag flyger, jag svävar fram. Låt det aldrig ta slut.

     Want you in the dark with me. [The] time [it] stops when we touch each other. Oh, I take off, I fly, I soar [forth]. Never let it end.

Declension

Declension of mörker

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mörker	mörkers
	definite	mörkret	mörkrets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• beckmörker
• biomörker
• decembermörker
• halvmörker
• höstmörker
• kolmörker
• kvällsmörker
• livsmörker
• mörkerdöd
• mörkerkörning
• mörkerseende
• mörkersyn
• mörkertal
• nattmörker
• novembermörker
• polarmörker
• skymningsmörker
• vintermörker
• ålamörker

Related terms

• mörk

References

• “mörker”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mörker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mörker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH