Schwarzwald

German

Schwarzwald

Etymology

From schwarz (“dark”) +‎ Wald (“forest”), an older general term for coniferous forests.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaʁt͡svalt/

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Proper noun

der Schwarzwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Schwarzwalds or des Schwarzwaldes)

1. Black Forest (a mountainous region in southwestern Germany)

Declension

Declension of Schwarzwald [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Schwarzwald
genitive	des	Schwarzwalds, Schwarzwaldes
dative	dem	Schwarzwald, Schwarzwalde1
accusative	den	Schwarzwald

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte f
• Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis

Further reading

• Schwarzwald on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de