düster

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Frequenz

C2
Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

duschter

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈdyːstər/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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