Black

"Black" in Danish

dunkel

(relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld)

formørket

(relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld)

mørk

(without light)

mørkhudet

(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)

neger

(historical: designated for use by those with dark skin)

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(absorbing all light)

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(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)

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(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)

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(overcrowded)

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(of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener)

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(chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white")

mørkhudet

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

neger

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

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(colour/color)

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(pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment)

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(chess and similar games: person playing with the black set of pieces)

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(part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black)

sort stryger

(type of firecracker)

sorte

(billiards, snooker, pool: black ball)

sværte

(dye, pigment)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.