dunkel

Meaning

dunkeln

to darken

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Concepts

dark
obscure
deep
dim
gloomy
shady
vague
swarthy
somber
opaque
darksome
puzzling
faint
recondite
apocalyptical
unknown
abstruse
sombre
grave
🪦
murky
enigmatic
indistinct
obscurely
unclear
darkly
gaunt
incomprehensible
inconceivable
indistinctness
insignificant
invisible
like
lugubrious
melancholic
miserable
misty
mournful
mysterious
nebulously
nontransparent
obscurity
outlandish
questionable
sad
☹️
shade
shadily
silly
slightly
stupid
sullen
Opposite of
hell, hoch
Synonyms

finster
C2
düster
C2
trübe
25k
unklar
C1
undeutlich
C2
schattig
vage
C1
mysteriös
C2
trüb
39k
rätselhaft
20k
wirr
24k
😕
stockfinster
schwach
B1
schwarz
B1
apokalyptisch
obskur

lichtlos

undurchsichtig
schleierhaft
43k
verschwommen
C2
unbekannt
C1
unbestimmt
46k
enigmatisch
dämmerig
zappenduster
kryptisch
ahnungslos
23k
Dunkelheit
B2
verdächtig
C1
in etwa
ungefähr
B1
geheimnisvoll
C2
unheimlich
B2
tief
A2
blass
C1
dick
B1
stockdunkel
44k
mürrisch
C2
schwärzlich
Einbildung
C2
matt
B1
dicht
B2
schmutzig
B2
symbolisch
21k
schäbig
C2
Leichen
B1
hoffnungslos
C1
Hochmut
20k
hermetisch
40k

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Translations

oscuro
oscuro
donker
obscur
sombre
duister
foncé
escuro
fosc
karanlık
buio
scuro
obscuro
somber
Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dunggel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

finschter

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdʊŋkəl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
tunkel
Inherited from Old High German
tunkal
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
donker
In summary

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”).

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