mørk
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with Norwegian mørk, Swedish mörk, and English murk.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mørk (neuter mørkt, plural and definite singular attributive mørke)
Inflection edit
Inflection of mørk | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte 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 edit
- mørke
- mørkelægge, mørklægge
- mørklægning
- mørklægningsgardin
- mørkerød
- mørkegrøn
- mørkegrå
- mørkegul
- mørkebrun
- mørkeblå
- mørkhudet
References edit
- “mørk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mørk f (genitive singular markar, plural merkur)
- half pound (250 g)
- coin in the Middle Ages, compare Mark
- variable unit of area used in measuring land, 1 mørk = 16 gyllin = 320 skinn
Declension edit
Declension of mørk | ||||
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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 edit
mørk f (genitive singular markar, plural markir)
Declension edit
Declension of mørk | ||||
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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 edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijaz. Cognate to English murk.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mørk (masculine and feminine mørk, neuter mørkt, definite singular and plural mørke, comparative mørkere, indefinite superlative mørkest, definite superlative mørkeste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *mirkwijaz. Cognate to English murk.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mørk (neuter mørkt, definite singular and plural mørke, comparative mørkare, indefinite superlative mørkast, definite superlative mørkaste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “mørk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.