svartsyn

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of svart (“black”) +‎ syn (“view”). Apparently a calque of Danish sortsyn, coined by Danish critic Georg Brandes in 1895. First attested in 1908.

Noun

svartsyn c

1. pessimism

Declension

Declension of svartsyn
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svartsyn	svartsynen	—	—
Genitive	svartsyns	svartsynens	—	—

Related terms

• svartsynt

References

• svartsyn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svartsyn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “sortsyn” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog