“Dark” is a descriptive word used globally to describe the absence of light or deep, rich shades. Here, we explore how to say “dark” in 70 different languages, reflecting the linguistic diversity around the world.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Errët | Pronunciation: Er-ret
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – ظلمة (Dhulma) | Pronunciation: Dhul-mah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Մութ (Mut) | Pronunciation: Moot
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Qaranlıq | Pronunciation: Ga-ran-luhq
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Iluna | Pronunciation: Ee-loo-na
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Цёмны (Tsomy) | Pronunciation: Tsyom-ny
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – অন্ধকার (Andhakar) | Pronunciation: On-dho-kar
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Taman | Pronunciation: Tah-man
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Тъмен (Tumen) | Pronunciation: Too-men
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Fosc | Pronunciation: Fosk
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Tmavý | Pronunciation: Tmah-vee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Mørk | Pronunciation: Merk
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Donker | Pronunciation: Don-ker
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Dark | Pronunciation: Dark
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tume | Pronunciation: Too-meh
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – تاریک (Tārik) | Pronunciation: Tah-reek
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tumma | Pronunciation: Toom-ma
- French (🇫🇷) – Sombre | Pronunciation: Som-bruh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ბნელი (Bneli) | Pronunciation: Bneh-lee
- German (🇩🇪) – Dunkel | Pronunciation: Doon-kel
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σκοτεινός (Skoteinos) | Pronunciation: Sko-tei-nos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – כהה (Kahah) | Pronunciation: Ka-hah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – अंधेरा (Andhera) | Pronunciation: Un-dhe-ra
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Sötét | Pronunciation: Shuh-tate
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Dökkur | Pronunciation: Dock-ur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Gelap | Pronunciation: Geh-lap
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Dorcha | Pronunciation: Dor-kha
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Scuro | Pronunciation: Skoo-ro
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 暗い (Kurai) | Pronunciation: Koo-rye
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қараңғы (Qaranghy) | Pronunciation: Kah-ran-ghy
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ងងឹត (Ngongut) | Pronunciation: Ngo-ngoot
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 어두운 (Eoduun) | Pronunciation: Uh-doo-oon
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Tarî | Pronunciation: Tah-ree
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Караңгы (Karangy) | Pronunciation: Kah-ran-gee
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເດັມ (Daem) | Pronunciation: Dam
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Tumšs | Pronunciation: Toom-shs
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Tamsus | Pronunciation: Tam-sus
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Donkel | Pronunciation: Don-kel
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Темен (Temen) | Pronunciation: Teh-men
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Gelap | Pronunciation: Geh-lap
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Skur | Pronunciation: Skoor
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 黑暗 (Hēi’àn) | Pronunciation: Hay-an
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – काळोख (Kalokh) | Pronunciation: Ka-lokh
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Харанхуй (Kharankhui) | Pronunciation: Ha-ran-hui
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – अँध्यारो (Andhyaro) | Pronunciation: An-dhya-ro
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Mørk | Pronunciation: Murk
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – تیاره (Tiara) | Pronunciation: Tee-a-ra
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – تاریک (Tārik) | Pronunciation: Tah-reek
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Ciemny | Pronunciation: Cheem-ny
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Escuro | Pronunciation: Es-coo-ro
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Întunecat | Pronunciation: In-too-ne-kat
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Темный (Temny) | Pronunciation: Tem-ny
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Таман (Taman) | Pronunciation: Tah-man
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – අඳුරු (Anduru) | Pronunciation: An-doo-roo
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Tmavý | Pronunciation: Tmah-vee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Temen | Pronunciation: Teh-men
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Mugdi | Pronunciation: Moog-dee
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Oscuro | Pronunciation: Os-coo-ro
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Giza | Pronunciation: Gee-zah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Mörk | Pronunciation: Murk
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Торик (Torik) | Pronunciation: To-reek
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – இருள் (Irul) | Pronunciation: Ih-rul
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – చీకటి (Cheekati) | Pronunciation: Chee-ka-tee
- Thai (🇹🇭) – มืด (Mued) | Pronunciation: Mewd
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Karanlık | Pronunciation: Kah-ran-luk
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Темний (Temnyi) | Pronunciation: Tem-nee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – اندھیرا (Andhera) | Pronunciation: Un-dhe-ra
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Qorong’u | Pronunciation: Ko-rong-oo
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tối | Pronunciation: Toy
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Tywyll | Pronunciation: Tu-wil