luguber

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French lugubre, from Latin lūgubris.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌlyˈɣy.bər/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧gu‧ber

Adjective

luguber (comparative luguberder, superlative luguberst)

  1. macabre, gloomy and scary

Inflection
Inflection of luguber
uninflected luguber
inflected lugubere
comparative luguberder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial luguberluguberderhet luguberst
het luguberste
indefinite m./f. sing. lugubereluguberdereluguberste
n. sing. luguberluguberderluguberste
plural lugubereluguberdereluguberste
definite lugubereluguberdereluguberste
partitive lugubersluguberders—

Derived terms
  • luguberheid
  • lugubriteit

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French lugubre, from Latin lugubris.

Adjective

luguber (masculine and feminine luguber, neuter lugubert, definite singular and plural lugubre)

  1. lugubrious

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French lugubre, from Latin lugubris.

Adjective

luguber (neuter lugubert, definite singular and plural lugubre)

  1. lugubrious

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lugubre, from Latin lugubris, from Latin lugeo (“mourn”).

Adjective

luguber

  1. (archaic) lugubrious

Declension
Inflection of luguber
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular luguber mer luguber mest luguber
Neuter singular lugubert mer lugubert mest lugubert
Plural lugubra mer lugubra mest lugubra
Masculine plural3 lugubre mer lugubra mest lugubra
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lugubre mer lugubre mest lugubre
All lugubra mer lugubra mest lugubra
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

References
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