mørk

Danish

Etymology

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

Adjective

mørk (neuter mørkt, definite and plural mørke, comparative mørkere, superlative mørkest)

1. dark

Related terms

• mørke
• mørkeræd
• mørkelægge, mørklægge
• mørklægning
• mørklægningsgardin
• mørkerød
• mørkegrøn
• mørkegrå
• mørkegul
• mørkebrun
• mørkeblå
• mørkhudet

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [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

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

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

• skógur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

mørk (masculine mørk; feminine mørk; neuter mørkt; plural mørke; comparative mørkere; superlative mørkest)

1. dark

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. dark

References

• “mørk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.