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)
2. dark (of colors)
3. deep and dull (of a voice or the like)
4. dark (causing dejection)

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

References

• mörk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mörk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mörk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)