donker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English donkey route

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English donker

From donkey route + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

donker (plural donkers)

1. (India, slang) A people smuggler.

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔŋ.kər/

• Audio:

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Adjective

donker (attributive donker, comparative donkerder, superlative donkerste)

1. dark

   Synonym: duister

Antonyms

• lig

Derived terms

• donkerte

Noun

donker (uncountable)

1. (with definite article) darkness, the dark

   Synonyms: donkerte, duister, duisternis

Dutch

Alternative forms

• donkel (dialectal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔŋ.kər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: don‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɔŋkər

Adjective

donker (comparative donkerder, superlative donkerst)

1. dark

Declension

Declension 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
• donkere energie
• donkere materie
• donkerheid
• donkerte
• pikdonker

Descendants

• Afrikaans: donker
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dunggru
• Negerhollands: donker, dunku, duṅki
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: dunku (archaic)
• → Indonesian: dongker
• → Sranan Tongo: dungru
  • → Aukan: dunguu
  • → Saramaccan: dúngu
• → West Frisian: donker

Noun

donker n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (with definite article) darkness, the dark

   Synonyms: donkerte, duister, duisternis

Anagrams

• donk're, dronke, rokend