Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett mörker

darkness/ˈmœ̞rːkɛr/

Meaning

darkness

In Swedish: frånvaro av ljus, dunkel

Forms

Forms of mörker
Singular, indefinite	ett mörker
Singular, definite	mörkret

mörker is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort mörker, det stora mörkret. Check another noun

Practise mörker

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Is it en mörker or ett mörker?

mörker in a sentence

efter mörkrets inbrott
after dark
mörkret faller
darkness is falling

Words built with mörker

nattmörker the dark of night
mörkerkörning night driving

Questions

What does mörker mean in English?

mörker means “darkness”.

Is it en mörker or ett mörker?

It is ett mörker, and “the darkness” is mörkret.

Origin

From Old Swedish myrker, mørker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz.

Nearby common words

mörker is number 1,259 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,255mage stomach, belly
1,256backa back, reverse
1,257signal signal; ring
1,258hantera handle, manage
1,261kök kitchen, stove
1,262led suffered
1,263öppen open, frank
1,264spränga explode, blow up

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary