schwart
See also: schwärt
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- swatt (Münsterland)
- swart, svart (in some other dialects)
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swórdos (“dirty, dark, black”).
Adjective edit
schwart
- (Paderbornisch, Lippisch, Low Prussian) black
See also edit
- (Paderbornisch) bloh (“blue”), groin (“green”), rauth (inflected rauh-) (“red”), witt (“white”)
- (Münsterländisch) blao (“blue”), raut/raud (inflected raud-) (“red”), witt (“white”)