dunkel

Meaning

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:

Concepts

dark

obscure

deep

dim

gloomy

somber

opaque

vague

shady

swarthy

enigmatic

puzzling

darkly

murky

obscurely

abstruse

apocalyptical

recondite

darksome

unclear

unknown

faint

indistinct

sombre

grave

foolish

incomprehensible

inconceivable

silly

unintelligible

arcane

esoteric

bleak

depressed

desolate

disturbed

dismal

dreary

gaunt

lugubrious

melancholic

miserable

mournful

sad

sullen

apocalyptic

swarthily

shadily

tenebrous

misty

unfamiliar

like

blackish

close

thick

equivocal

dimness

indistinctness

obscurity

questionable

underhand

unfair

insignificant

a little

slightly

thinly

vaguely

few

stupid

divine

invisible

depressing

darkish

dusky

shade

far-fetched

outlandish

black

dubious

gloomful

tenebrific

nontransparent

opacous

mysterious

nebulously

darkling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʊŋkəl/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

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.