svart
Faroese
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editsvart
Norn
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).
Adjective
editsvart
- black (color/colour)
Norwegian Bokmål
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editsvart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartere, indefinite superlative svartest, definite superlative svarteste)
Derived terms
editNoun
editsvart n (indeclinable)
- black
- kledd i svart - dressed in black
Etymology 2
editVerb
editsvart
- past participle of svare
References
edit- “svart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Akin to English swarthy.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsvart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartare, indefinite superlative svartast, definite superlative svartaste)
Derived terms
editNoun
editsvart
- black (color/colour)
See also
editkvit | grå | svart |
raud | oransje; brun | gul |
grøn | ||
(turkis) | blå | |
rosa; lilla | rosa |
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsvart
- past participle of svara
References
edit- “svart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editsvart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)
- black (color/colour)
- black (of a person)
- (often in compounds) done without legal permission; illegal
Declension
editInflection 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
editsvart n (uninflected)
- black (color/colour)
- Byxorna finns bara i svart
- The pants are only available in black
Related terms
editSee also
editvit | 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
edit- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese adjective forms
- Norn terms derived from Old Norse
- Norn terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norn terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norn lemmas
- Norn adjectives
- nrn:Blacks
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- nb:Blacks
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- nn:Blacks
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Swedish/art
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Blacks