dyster

See also: Dyster

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dūster, from Old Saxon thiustri (“obscure, dark”). Cognate with Swedish dyster, German düster and Old English þystru (English thester).

Adjective

dyster

  1. gloomy, sombre, sepulchral

Inflection
Inflection of dyster
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular dyster dystrere dystrest2
Indefinite neuter singular dystert dystrere dystrest2
Plural dystre dystrere dystrest2
Definite attributive1 dystre dystrere dystreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

dyster c

  1. indefinite plural of dyst

Verb

dyster

  1. present of dyste

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German dūster. Cognate with Swedish dyster and German düster.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹dʏs.təɾ/

Adjective

dyster (neuter singular dystert, definite singular and plural dystre, comparative dystrere, indefinite superlative dystrest, definite superlative dystreste)

  1. dark, obscure, gloomy, dreary
  2. cheerless, somber (US), sombre (UK)

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German dūster.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹dʏs.tər/

Adjective

dyster (neuter singular dystert, definite singular and plural dystre, comparative dystrare, indefinite superlative dystrast, definite superlative dystraste)

  1. dark, obscure, gloomy
  2. cheerless, somber (US), sombre (UK)

Synonyms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dūster, from Old Saxon thiustri (“obscure, dark”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈdʏ̌sːtɛr]

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Adjective

dyster (comparative dystrare, superlative dystrast)

  1. gloomy, depressed, sad
  2. dark, black

Inflection
Inflection of dyster
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dyster dystrare dystrast
Neuter singular dystert dystrare dystrast
Plural dystra dystrare dystrast
Masculine plural3 dystre dystrare dystrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dystre dystrare dystraste
All dystra dystrare dystraste
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

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