svart

See also: svårt

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvaɻ̊ʈ]

Adjective

svart

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of svartur

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Adjective

svart

1. black (color/colour)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋɑʈ/
• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [sʋɑʈʰː]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian Nynorsk svart, from Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Largely replaced older sort, from Danish sort.

Adjective

svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartere, indefinite superlative svartest, definite superlative svarteste)

1. black (color/colour)
2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Derived terms

• beksvart
• helsvart
• kullsvart
• svart boks
• svart magi
• svartbjørn
• svartbrent
• svartedauden
• Svartehavet
• svarteliste
• svarthvit
• svartkrutt

 

Noun

svart n (indeclinable)

1. black

   kledd i svart - dressed in black

Etymology 2

Verb

svart

1. past participle of svare

References

• “svart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Akin to English swarthy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svart/, [sʋɑ̈r̥t], [sʋɑ̈ʈː]
• (Trøndelag) IPA^(key): [sʋɑ̈ʂt]

Adjective

svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartare, indefinite superlative svartast, definite superlative svartaste)

1. black (color/colour)
2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Derived terms

• beksvart
• svart boks
• svart magi
• svartbjørn
• svartedauden
• Svartehavet
• svarteliste
• svartrotte
• svartstill

 

Noun

svart

1. black (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)

kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa; lilla	rosa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋɑːrt/

Verb

svart

1. past participle of svara

References

• “svart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en svart jaguar

Etymology

From Old Swedish svarter, from Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black, dark-coloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate with Dutch zwart, English swart, German schwarz, Icelandic svartur and Danish sort. Related to Latin sordes (“dirt”), sordere (“to be dirty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹svart/, [¹sv̥aʈː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -art

Adjective

svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)

1. black (color/colour)
2. black (of a person)
3. (often in compounds) done without legal permission; illegal

Declension

Inflection of svart
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	svart	svartare	svartast
Neuter singular	svart	svartare	svartast
Plural	svarta	svartare	svartast
Masculine plural3	svarte	svartare	svartast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	svarte	svartare	svartaste
All	svarta	svartare	svartaste
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

Derived terms

• svartbygge
• svart magi (“black magic”)
• svarttaxi

Noun

svart n (uninflected)

1. black (color/colour)

   Byxorna finns bara i svart

   The pants are only available in black

Related terms

• svärta

See also

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd	orange; brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön
cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal	azur	blå
lila; indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

References

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