donker

Sentences
An user
Hij
👨
  voelde   zich   niet
🚫
  op
🆙
  zijn   gemak   in   het   donker .

He wasn't comfortable in the dark.

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An user
De   lichtjes   gingen   automatisch   aan
🔛
  toen   het   donker   werd .

The lights turned on automatically when it got dark.

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Meaning

Concepts

dark
obscure
darkness
dim
black
murk
gloomy
obscurity
deep
dismal
gloomily
somber
sombre
bleak
murky
dreary
darkly
mournful
night
🌃
opaque
sad
☹️
sullen
arcane
swarthy
darken
darksome
depressed
desolate
disturbed
dull
dusky
esoteric
gaunt
gloom
grave
🪦
gray
grey
lugubrious
melancholic
miserable
Synonyms

duister
B2
duisternis
B2
somber
C1
zwart
B1

duisterheid

mat
C1
melancholiek
mistroostig
naargeestig
obscuriteit
betrokken
A2
onbekend
B2

schemerachtig

schemerig
triest
B2

triestig

troosteloos
weemoedig
worden
A1
zwaarmoedig
46k
obscuur
43k
bewolkt
23k
☁️
donkerte
droefgeestig
Translations

dunkel
escuro
oscuro
obscur
finster
sombre
Dunkelheit
fosc
obscurité
oscuro
trübe
foncé

تاریک

düster
buio
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɔŋ.kər/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
donker
Inherited from Old Dutch
*dunkar
In summary

From Middle Dutch donker, dunker, from Old Dutch *dunkar, from Proto-Germanic *dunkalaz, *dunkaraz.

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