"Mørket senket seg over Tyskland."

Translation: The darkness descended upon Germany.

[sarefo]

Oransje mørket senket seg over Forente Stater.

[Matt92HUN]

It is as black as malevich's square
The cold furnace in which we stare
A high pitch on a future scale
It is a starless winter night's tale
It suits you know
It is a dead black, it is that black
It is that black, it is that black

[seventwelve81]

what is this from?

[Deliciae]

Lyrics of Einstürzende Neubauten's Sabrina. Definitely worth a listen!

[fehrerdef]

Wow, I'm impressed you know that.

[Deliciae]

Thank you, I store it in the tiny part of my brain that isn't filled up with noun genders and Beatles lyrics. :')

[mikezephyr]

In battle, in forest, at the precipice in the mountains,
On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows,
In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame,
The good deeds a man has done before defend him.

[anothernobody]

Can "senket seg" ever mean "lowered"?

[Deliciae]

Yes, as long as the subject is lowering itself.

[Neurospider]

Why don't you like Germany, why not have sunshine and rainbows to descend over it? )

[Deliciae]

If we did that, we'd have a heated discussion in the comments about how rainbows don't descend and Duo sentences are too unrealistic.

[Nic698651]

Would you ever say "Mørk senket seg over Tyskland.", as in just "Darkness descended over Germany"?

[Deliciae]

"Mørk" is the adjective, so that wouldn't work. You could use "et mørke", but this is one of those cases where Norwegian prefers the definite form of an abstract noun.

[HaroldEngs]

Jeg har skrevet "dropped" i stedet av "descended" - er det også riktig?