dunkeln
to darken
- Past (Präteritum)
- dunkelte
- Past participle
- gedunkelt (haben)
Regular weak verb used primarily with haben. It describes the process of becoming dark, frequently appearing in weather or lighting contexts. It is rarely used in figurative senses compared to compound verbs like abdunkeln. Do not confuse this with the noun der Dunkel, which refers to darkness itself and is a common source of confusion regarding word category.
Conjugation
Present
- dunkel
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- dunkle
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- dunkelt
- present, singular, third-person
- dunkele
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- dunkeln
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- dunkelst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- dunkelte
- past
- dunkelten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- dunkeltest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- dunkeltet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- dunkle
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- dunkele
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- dunkeln
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- dunkelest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- dunklest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- dunkelet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- dunklet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- dunkelte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- dunkelten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- dunkeltest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- dunkeltet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gedunkelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gedunkelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gedunkelt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gedunkelt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gedunkelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gedunkelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gedunkelt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gedunkelt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde dunkeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden dunkeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest dunkeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet dunkeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde dunkeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden dunkeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest dunkeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet dunkeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gedunkelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gedunkelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gedunkelt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- dunkel
- form-of, imperative, singular
- dunkle
- form-of, imperative, singular
- dunkele
- imperative, second-person, singular
- dunkelt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gedunkelt
- participle, past
- dunkelnd
- participle, present
Infinitive
- dunkeln
- infinitive
Other
- habe gedunkelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gedunkelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gedunkelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gedunkelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gedunkelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gedunkelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gedunkelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gedunkelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gedunkelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- dunkeln werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde dunkeln
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden dunkeln
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst dunkeln
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet dunkeln
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird dunkeln
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gedunkelt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gedunkelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gedunkelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gedunkelt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gedunkelt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gedunkelt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person