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dyster

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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dyster

  1. gloomy, sombre, sepulchral

Inflection

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Inflection of dyster
positive comparative superlative
indefinite 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

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dyster c

  1. indefinite plural of dyst

Verb

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dyster

  1. present of dyste

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German dūster.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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)

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Swedish

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ett fotografi där Virginia Woolf ser dyster ut [a photograph where Virginia Woolf looks gloomy]
en dyster gås ["a gloomy goose" – not an idiom in Swedish (see dysterkvist)]
en dyster målning [a gloomy painting]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdʏ̌sːtɛr]
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Adjective

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dyster (comparative dystrare, superlative dystrast)

  1. gloomy (feeling, expressing, or marked by gloom)
    Conny var på ett dystert humör
    Conny was in a gloomy mood
    en dyster min
    a gloomy face [facial expression]
    1. somber
      en dyster tillställning
      a somber occasion
  2. bleak, gloomy, dreary (evoking a feeling of gloom)
    grått och dystert väder
    gray and dreary weather
    en dyster situation
    a bleak situation
    en dyster prognos
    a gloomy forecast

Inflection

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Inflection of dyster
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dyster dystrare dystrast
neuter singular dystert dystrare dystrast
plural dystra dystrare dystrast
masculine plural2 dystre dystrare dystrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dystre dystrare dystraste
all dystra dystrare dystraste

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.

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