dökkur

See also: døkkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse døkkr, dǫkkr, from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz. Cognates include Faroese døkkur and German dunkel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtœhkʏr/
• Rhymes: -œhkʏr

Adjective

dökkur (comparative dekkri or (poetic) dökkvari, superlative dekkstur or (poetic) dökkvastur)

1. dark

Declension

positive forms of dökkur (umlauted-comp)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	dökkur	dökk	dökkt
	accusative	dökkan, dökkvan1	dökka, dökkva1
	dative	dökkum, dökkvum1	dökkri	dökku, dökkvu1
	genitive	dökks	dökkrar	dökks
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	dökkir, dökkvir1	dökkar, dökkvar1	dökk
	accusative	dökka, dökkva1
	dative	dökkum, dökkvum1
	genitive	dökkra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	dökki, dökkvi1	dökka, dökkva1	dökka, dökkva1
	acc/dat/gen	dökka, dökkva1	dökku, dökkvu1
	plural (all-case)	dökku, dökkvu1

¹Poetic.

comparative forms of dökkur (umlauted-comp)

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	dekkri, dökkvari1	dekkri, dökkvari1	dekkra, dökkvara1
	plural (all-case)	dekkri, dökkvari1

¹Poetic.

superlative forms of dökkur (umlauted-comp)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	dekkstur, dökkvastur1	dekkst, dökkvust1	dekkst, dökkvast1
	accusative	dekkstan, dökkvastan1	dekksta, dökkvasta1
	dative	dekkstum, dökkvustum1	dekkstri, dökkvastri1	dekkstu, dökkvustu1
	genitive	dekksts, dökkvasts1	dekkstrar, dökkvastrar1	dekksts, dökkvasts1
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	dekkstir, dökkvastir1	dekkstar, dökkvastar1	dekkst, dökkvust1
	accusative	dekksta, dökkvasta1
	dative	dekkstum, dökkvustum1
	genitive	dekkstra, dökkvastra1
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	dekksti, dökkvasti1	dekksta, dökkvasta1	dekksta, dökkvasta1
	acc/dat/gen	dekksta, dökkvasta1	dekkstu, dökkvustu1
	plural (all-case)	dekkstu, dökkvustu1

¹Poetic.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “dökkur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “dökkur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “dökkur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)