dunkelblå

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dunkel +‎ blå

Adjective[edit]

dunkelblå (not comparable)

  1. (very) dark blue
    • 1932, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's waltz]”:
      Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.
      Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still ["windstill," currently windless] archipelago/bay.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of dunkelblå
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dunkelblå
Neuter singular dunkelblått
Plural dunkelblåa
Masculine plural3 dunkelblåe
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dunkelblåe
All dunkelblåa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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