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dunkel.

dark

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈdʊŋkəl/[ˈdʊŋkəl][ˈdʊŋkl̩]

  1. dark

    Im Winter wird es früher dunkel.
    Das dunkle Rot gefällt mir besser.

  2. deep

    Er hat schon eine ganz dunkle Stimme.

  3. vague, faint

    Ich habe nur dunkle Erinnerungen an meine Großmutter.
Where this word comes from

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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