svart
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
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svart
Norn edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).
Adjective edit
svart
- black (color/colour)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartere, indefinite superlative svartest, definite superlative svarteste)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
svart n (indeclinable)
- black
- kledd i svart - dressed in black
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
svart
- past participle of svare
References edit
- “svart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Akin to English swarthy.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartare, indefinite superlative svartast, definite superlative svartaste)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
svart
- black (color/colour)
See also edit
kvit | grå | svart |
raud | oransje; brun | gul |
grøn | ||
(turkis) | blå | |
rosa; lilla | rosa |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
svart
- past participle of svara
References edit
- “svart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)
- black (color/colour)
- black (of a person)
- (often in compounds) done without legal permission; illegal
Declension edit
Inflection of svart | |||
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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 edit
- svartbygge
- svart magi (“black magic”)
- svarttaxi
Noun edit
svart n (uninflected)
- black (color/colour)
- Byxorna finns bara i svart
- The pants are only available in black
Related terms edit
See also edit
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) |