zappenduster

Meaning

completely dark, pitch-black (night)

Concepts

pitch black

pitchy

Synonyms

stockdunkel

stockfinster

dunkel

pechschwarz

rabenschwarz

pechfinster

Translations

pikzwart

negre

nere

zifiri karanlık

kapkara

zifti

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtsapənˈduːstɐ/

Etymology

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.