dyster

== Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German dūster, from Old Saxon thiustri (“obscure, dark”). Cognate with Swedish dyster, German düster and Old English þystru. === Adjective === dyster (neuter dystert, plural and definite singular attributive dystre) gloomy, sombre, sepulchral ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dysterhed ==== See also ==== trist dunkel skummel === Noun === dyster c indefinite plural of dyst === Verb === dyster present of dyste === References === “dyster” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German dūster. Cognate with Swedish dyster and German düster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹dʏs.təɾ/ === Adjective === dyster (neuter singular dystert, definite singular and plural dystre, comparative dystrere, indefinite superlative dystrest, definite superlative dystreste) dark, obscure, gloomy, dreary cheerless, somber (US), sombre (UK) ==== Synonyms ==== (dark, obscure): mørk (cheerless, somber): trist === References === “dyster” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German dūster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹dʏs.tər/ === Adjective === dyster (neuter singular dystert, definite singular and plural dystre, comparative dystrare, indefinite superlative dystrast, definite superlative dystraste) dark, obscure, gloomy cheerless, somber (US), sombre (UK) ==== Synonyms ==== (dark, obscure): mørk (cheerless, somber): trist === References === “dyster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German dūster, from Old Saxon thiustri (“obscure, dark”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdʏ̌sːtɛr] === Adjective === dyster (comparative dystrare, superlative dystrast) gloomy (feeling, expressing, or marked by gloom) somber bleak, gloomy, dreary (evoking a feeling of gloom) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dysterhet dysterkvist ==== See also ==== sorgsen (“sad”) === References === “dyster”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “dyster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === styrde