dunkel

Betekenis

Adj

1. dark
2. deep
3. vague, faint

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,present,singular) inflection of dunkeln:
2. (form-of,imperative,singular) inflection of dunkeln:

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdʊŋkəl/

Etimologie

From Middle High German tunkel, from Old High German tunkal, tuncal (“dark”), from Proto-Germanic *dunkalaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʷ- (“to smoke, fume”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dunker, also dunkel). Cognate to Dutch donker (“dark”).

Sinne

Die Unterseiten von Bauch und Gliedmaßen sind gelblich ; die Kehle ist dunkel gefleckt .

The undersides of the abdomen and limbs are yellowish; the throat is darkly spotted.