How to spell dark

Dark is spelled D-A-R-K.

hear itdark/dɑrk/adjectiveLong vowels

What it means: Having little or no light.

In a sentence: The room was dark because the lights were off.

Same family: darkness, darken, darker, darkest, after-dark. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Dark comes from Old English "deorc," meaning "without light" or "gloomy." It is related to old Germanic words for "hidden" or "secret," suggesting something hard to see or understand.

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