nattsvart

Swedish

Etymology

natt +‎ svart. Cognate of German nachtschwarz.

Adjective

nattsvart (comparative nattsvartare, superlative nattsvartast)

1. dark as night
2. (figuratively) hopeless

Declension

Inflection of nattsvart
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	nattsvart	nattsvartare	nattsvartast
Neuter singular	nattsvart	nattsvartare	nattsvartast
Plural	nattsvarta	nattsvartare	nattsvartast
Masculine plural3	nattsvarte	nattsvartare	nattsvartast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	nattsvarte	nattsvartare	nattsvartaste
All	nattsvarta	nattsvartare	nattsvartaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• nattsvart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nattsvart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nattsvart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)