donker
English
Etymology
donkey route + -er
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
Noun
donker (plural donkers)
- (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: (file)
Adjective
donker (attributive donker, comparative donkerder, superlative donkerste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Noun
donker (uncountable)
- (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)
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
Antonyms
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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)
- (with definite article) darkness, the dark
- Synonyms: donkerte, duister, duisternis