mørk

See also: Mork and mörk

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with Norwegian mørk, Swedish mörk, and English murk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmœɐ̯k/, [ˈmœɐ̯ɡ̊], [ˈmœɒ̯̽k]

Adjective

mørk (neuter mørkt, plural and definite singular attributive mørke)

  1. dark (without light)
  2. dark (with a dark colour)

Inflection
Inflection of mørk
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular mørk mørkere mørkest2
Indefinite neuter singular mørkt mørkere mørkest2
Plural mørke mørkere mørkest2
Definite attributive1 mørke mørkere mørkeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
  • mørke
  • mørkelægge, mørklægge
  • mørklægning
  • mørklægningsgardin
  • mørkerød
  • mørkegrøn
  • mørkegrå
  • mørkegul
  • mørkebrun
  • mørkeblå
  • mørkhudet

References

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mœɹ̥k]

Noun

mørk f (genitive singular markar, plural merkur)

  1. half pound (250 g)
  2. coin in the Middle Ages, compare Mark
  3. variable unit of area used in measuring land, 1 mørk = 16 gyllin = 320 skinn

Declension
Declension of mørk
f13 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mørk mørkin merkur merkurnar
accusative mørk mørkina merkur merkurnar
dative mørk mørkini mørkum mørkunum
genitive markar markarinnar marka markanna

Noun

mørk f (genitive singular markar, plural markir)

  1. forest, wood

Declension
Declension of mørk
f3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mørk mørkin markir markirnar
accusative mørk mørkina markir markirnar
dative mørk mørkini mørkum, markum mørkunum, markunum
genitive markar markarinnar marka markanna

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijaz. Cognate to English murk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mørk/
  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [mœɾ̥k]

Adjective

mørk (masculine and feminine mørk, neuter mørkt, definite singular and plural mørke, comparative mørkere, indefinite superlative mørkest, definite superlative mørkeste)

  1. dark
  2. (of sound, voice) deep, low in pitch

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijaz. Cognate to English murk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mœrk/

Adjective

mørk (neuter mørkt, definite singular and plural mørke, comparative mørkare, indefinite superlative mørkast, definite superlative mørkaste)

  1. dark

Derived terms

References
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