dunkeln

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German dunkeln, tunkeln, from Old High German tunkalēn, tunkalen. By surface analysis, dunkel +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊŋkl̩n/, /ˈdʊŋkəln/
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Verb

dunkeln (weak, third-person singular present dunkelt, past tense dunkelte, past participle gedunkelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to darken
    Kaum fing es an zu dunkeln, als []
    It had just started to get dark, when

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Further reading

  • dunkeln” in Duden online
  • dunkeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache