dunkelblå

Swedish

Etymology

dunkel +‎ blå

Adjective

dunkelblå (not comparable)

  1. (very) dark blue
    • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”‎[1]:
      Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.
      Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still ["windstill," currently windless] archipelago/bay.

Declension

Inflection of dunkelblå
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dunkelblå — —
neuter singular dunkelblått — —
plural dunkelblåa — —
masculine plural2 dunkelblåe — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dunkelblåe — —
all dunkelblåa — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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