mörkna

Swedish

Etymology

mörk +‎ -na

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²mœ̞rːkna/
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): /²mɵrːkna/

Verb

mörkna (present mörknar, preterite mörknade, supine mörknat, imperative mörkna)

  1. to darken; to become dark
    Vi borde nog försöka göra upp en eld innan det börjar mörkna.
    We should probably start to make a fire before it starts to darken.

Conjugation
Conjugation of mörkna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive mörkna —
Supine mörknat —
Imperative mörkna —
Imper. plural1 mörknen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative mörknar mörknade — —
Ind. plural1 mörkna mörknade — —
Subjunctive2 mörkne mörknade — —
Participles
Present participle mörknande
Past participle mörknad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3

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