zappenduster

Signification (Anglais)

completely dark, pitch-black (night)

Synonymes

stockdunkel

stockfinster

dunkel

pechschwarz

rabenschwarz

pechfinster

Traductions

pitch black

pitchy

pikzwart

negre

nere

zifiri karanlık

kapkara

zifti

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌtsapənˈduːstɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Compound of Zappen (“cone”) + duster (“dark”). The first component points to Zapfenstreich (“curfew, last post”), but may also be based on Hebrew צָפוֹן (tsafón, “north, hence midnight”). Both words have probably contributed, it being unknown which is original and which secondary.