donker
Dutch
Alternative forms
- donkel
Etymology
From Middle Dutch donker, dunker, from Old Dutch *dunkal, from Proto-Germanic *dunkalaz, *dunkaraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔŋ.kər/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: don‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɔŋkər
Adjective
donker (comparative donkerder, superlative donkerst)
- dark
Inflection
| Inflection of donker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | donker | |||
| inflected | donkere | |||
| comparative | donkerder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | donker | donkerder | het donkerst het donkerste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | donkere | donkerdere | donkerste |
| n. sing. | donker | donkerder | donkerste | |
| plural | donkere | donkerdere | donkerste | |
| definite | donkere | donkerdere | donkerste | |
| partitive | donkers | donkerders | — | |
Synonyms
- duister
Antonyms
- licht
Derived terms
- aardedonker
- donkerte
- pikdonker
Descendants
- Afrikaans: donker
- → Sranan Tongo: dungru
- → Aukan: dunguu
- → Saramaccan: dúngu
- → West Frisian: donker
Anagrams
- dronke, rokend