mörk

See also: mørk and Mork

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish myrker, mørker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with English murk.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /mœrk/, [ˈmœ̞rːk]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): /mɵrk/, [ˈmɵrːk]

Adjective

mörk (comparative mörkare, superlative mörkast)

  1. dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
  2. dark (of colors)
  3. deep and dull (of a voice or the like)
  4. dark (causing dejection)

Declension
Inflection of mörk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular mörk mörkare mörkast
Neuter singular mörkt mörkare mörkast
Plural mörka mörkare mörkast
Masculine plural3 mörke mörkare mörkast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 mörke mörkare mörkaste
All mörka mörkare mörkaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3
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