mørk

See also: Mork and mörk

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with Norwegian mørk, Swedish mörk, and English murk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmœɐ̯k/, [ˈmœɐ̯ɡ̊], [ˈmœɒ̯̽k]

Adjective

mørk (neuter mørkt, plural and definite singular attributive mørke)

1. dark (without light)
2. dark (with a dark colour)

Inflection

Inflection of mørk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	mørk	mørkere	mørkest2
indefinite neuter singular	mørkt	mørkere	mørkest2
plural	mørke	mørkere	mørkest2
definite attributive1	mørke	mørkere	mørkeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

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

References

• “mørk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mørk/
• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [mœɾ̥k]

Adjective

mørk (masculine and feminine mørk, neuter mørkt, definite singular and plural mørke, comparative mørkere, indefinite superlative mørkest, definite superlative mørkeste)

1. dark
2. (of sound, voice) deep, low in pitch

Derived terms

• mørk energi
• mørk materie
• mørkbrun, mørkebrun
• mørkegrønn, mørkgrønn
• mørkerom
• mørketall
• mørketid
• mørkhudet
• mørkhåret

References

• “mørk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mørk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœrk/

Adjective

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

1. dark

Derived terms

• mørk energi
• mørk materie
• mørkbrun, mørkebrun
• mørkerom
• mørketid

References

• “mørk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.