Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French lugubre, from Latin lūgubris.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌlyˈɣy.bər/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧gu‧ber

Adjective edit

luguber (comparative luguberder, superlative luguberst)

  1. macabre, gloomy and scary

Inflection edit

Inflection of luguber
uninflected luguber
inflected lugubere
comparative luguberder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial luguber luguberder het luguberst
het luguberste
indefinite m./f. sing. lugubere luguberdere luguberste
n. sing. luguber luguberder luguberste
plural lugubere luguberdere luguberste
definite lugubere luguberdere luguberste
partitive lugubers luguberders

Derived terms edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From French lugubre, from Latin lugubris.

Adjective edit

luguber (masculine and feminine luguber, neuter lugubert, definite singular and plural lugubre)

  1. lugubrious

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From French lugubre, from Latin lugubris.

Adjective edit

luguber (neuter lugubert, definite singular and plural lugubre)

  1. lugubrious

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French lugubre, from Latin lugubris, from Latin lugeo (mourn).

Adjective edit

luguber

  1. (archaic) lugubrious

Declension edit

Inflection of luguber
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular luguber mer luguber mest luguber
Neuter singular lugubert mer lugubert mest lugubert
Plural lugubra mer lugubra mest lugubra
Masculine plural3 lugubre mer lugubra mest lugubra
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lugubre mer lugubre mest lugubre
All lugubra mer lugubra mest lugubra
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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