blackness

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being black in colour.
2. (uncountable, usually) Any space that such colour pervades.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Darkness, gloominess; depression.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) The quality of being evil or dismal.
5. (uncountable, usually) The state of being of African descent.
6. (uncountable, usually) The experiences and culture of African-American people.

Konzepte

Schwärze

Dunkelheit

Finsternis

Ruß

Schwarz

schwarzer Topf

Synonyme

darkness

black

black color

lightlessness

total darkness

inkiness

pitch blackness

gloom

murkiness

duskiness

ebony

night

🌃

nigrescence

nigritude

obscureness

opacity

shadow

soot

sootiness

unfinished

black stain

black colour

quarry-faced

sableness

black color

black colour

blacken

blackening

blackish

dark

deep black

dimness

dirt

dusk

Übersetzungen

noirceur

negrura

negror

zwartheid

obscurité

negror

negrura

noir

oscuridad

μαυρίλα

nigror

nigredo

escuridão

nerezza

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈblæknəs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: blaknesse

In summary

Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.

Sätze

I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness , with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes .

Ich erinnere mich, wie ich dort in der Schwärze auf dem Tisch saß, mit Grünen und purpurroten Flecken vor meinen Augen.