düster

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. dark, dim, gloomy, obscure
  2. (figuratively) cheerless, melancholy, somber

Frekwensie

C2
Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

duschter

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈdyːstər/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Low German dûster, from Old Saxon thiustri, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī (“dark, without light”). The word also exists in parts of West Central German (compare Luxembourgish däischter), which probably facilitated the borrowing; but the standardised form is definitely from Low German in view of its lacking diphthongisation.

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