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dunkel

Syllables: dun·kel/ˈdʌŋ.k(ə)l/US/ˈdʌn.kəl/

dunkel noun: a type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.

dunkel: a type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and...
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Noun

dunkel (countable and uncountable, plural dunkels)

  1. A type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.
    • I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese;1994, A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971, Keele University Press, page 168
    • Recently, for instance, he brewed all dunkels for a period, only with different yeast strains.1997, The New Brewer, page 120

Proper noun capitalized: Dunkel

Dunkel (plural Dunkels)

  1. A surname from German.

Examples of dunkel in a sentence

  • Bavarian dunkels are deep reddish-brown in colour.2008, The Beer Book, DK, page 104:
  • Dunkels tend to be moderately hopped, made using dark malts, and offer malty, toffee, chocolate flavours.2014, Gavin D. Smith, Beer: A Global History (The Edible Series), Reaktion Books, →ISBN:

Forms of dunkel

Noun
pluraldunkels
Proper noun
pluralDunkels

Origin of dunkel

From German dunkel (“dark”).

Borrowed from German Dunkel.

Words that rhyme with dunkel

Questions about dunkel

What does dunkel mean?
Dunkel means a type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.
How do you use dunkel in a sentence?
Bavarian dunkels are deep reddish-brown in colour.
What part of speech is dunkel?
Dunkel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dunkel?
Dunkel is pronounced /ˈdʌŋ.k(ə)l/.
What is the plural of dunkel?
The plural of dunkel is dunkels.

Words near dunkel in the dictionary

  1. Dunkard
  2. Dunkards
  3. dunked
  4. dunked on
  5. dunked out
  6. dunkel
  7. Dunkelberger
  8. Dunkeld
  9. dunkels
  10. dunker
  11. Dunkerism

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