mörk

See also: mørk and Mork

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish myrker, mørker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with English murk.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mœrk/, [ˈmœ̞rːk]
• (nonstandard, nonetheless common) IPA^(key): /mɵrk/, [ˈmɵrːk]

Adjective

mörk (comparative mörkare, superlative mörkast)

1. dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Declension

Inflection of mörk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mörk	mörkare	mörkast
Neuter singular	mörkt	mörkare	mörkast
Plural	mörka	mörkare	mörkast
Masculine plural3	mörke	mörkare	mörkast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	mörke	mörkare	mörkaste
All	mörka	mörkare	mörkaste
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

Further reading

• mörk in Svensk ordbok.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [mɞ́r̥k]
  • Rhymes: -ɞ́rk

Adjective

mörk (neuter mört, comparative mörkänä, superlative mörkäst)

1. dark

   Hä jär no na mört i da, men ä var mörkänä i går.

   It is dark today, but it was darker yesterday.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [mɞ̀r̥k]
  • Rhymes: -ɞ̀rk

Verb

mörk

1. become dark

   Hä håll å möörk.

   It is getting dark.

   Daga börj möörk.

   Days are getting darker.

Synonyms

• mörtn

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “mörk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 458