Polyglot Dictionary

Dunkelheit

/ˈdʊŋkl̩haɪ̯t/

die noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. darkness

    Built from dunkel (dark) + the abstract-noun suffix -heit.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • dunkel dark

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

oscuridad

oscuridad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "darkness."

Spanish

tinieblas

tinieblas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "darkness."

Portuguese

escuridão

escuridão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "darkness."

Practice

1 What does Dunkelheit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie verschwand in der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dunkelheit?

See also

nouncompound

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