dunkelblå
Swedish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editdunkelblå (not comparable)
- (very) dark blue
- 1932, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's waltz]”:
- Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.
- Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still ["windstill," currently windless] archipelago/bay.
Declension
edit| Inflection of dunkelblå | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | dunkelblå | — | — |
| Neuter singular | dunkelblått | — | — |
| Plural | dunkelblåa | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | dunkelblåe | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | dunkelblåe | — | — |
| All | dunkelblåa | — | — |
| 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 | |||