duister

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duister.

Pronunciation

Adjective

duister (attributive duister or duistere, comparative duisterder, superlative duisterste)

  1. dark
  2. obscure

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duuster, from Old Dutch *thiustri, from Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdœy̯stər/
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  • Hyphenation: duis‧ter
  • Rhymes: -œy̯stər

Adjective

duister (comparative duisterder, superlative duisterst)

  1. dark
    Synonym: donker
  2. bleak; gloomy
  3. sinister
  4. obscure

Declension

Declension of duister
uninflected duister
inflected duistere
comparative duisterder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial duister duisterder het duisterst
het duisterste
indefinite m./f. sing. duistere duisterdere duisterste
n. sing. duister duisterder duisterste
plural duistere duisterdere duisterste
definite duistere duisterdere duisterste
partitive duisters duisterders —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: duister
  • Negerhollands: duster, distu, distutit

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