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luguber

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lugubre, from Latin lūgubris.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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luguber (comparative luguberder, superlative luguberst)

  1. macabre, gloomy and scary

Inflection

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Declension 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 —

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French lugubre, from Latin lugubris.

Adjective

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

  1. lugubrious

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French lugubre, from Latin lugubris.

Adjective

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luguber (neuter lugubert, definite singular and plural lugubre)

  1. lugubrious

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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luguber

  1. (archaic) lugubrious

Declension

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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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