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
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