düster
Meaning
- dark, dim, gloomy, obscure
- (figuratively) cheerless, melancholy, somber
Concepts
Synonyms
lichtlos
stirnrunzelnd
kummervoll
trauervoll
Translations
sombre
somber
sombrio
sombrío
oscuroFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdyːstər/
Etymology
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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